Detained Congress MLA to be quizzed on gambling establishments abroad connected to political leaders

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BENGALURU: Enforcement Directorate (ED)sleuths on Sunday brought Congress MLA K C Veerendra to Bengaluru for additional examination into a cash laundering case connected to unlawful wagering, with sources stating that he will be likewise questioned in matters connected to gambling establishments in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Georgia connected to the political leaders.According to the sources, the MLA, who remains in ED custody, was flown in from Sikkim on Sunday early morning. An unique ED group took him into custody upon his arrival at the airport. To avoid any unfortunate event, stringent security remained in location at Terminal-2 of the Kempegowda International Airport. Authorities promptly moved Veerendra far from the media, taking him to a concealed area. Searches were performed by the firm in numerous states as part of a supposed prohibited betting-linked cash laundering case versus Veerendra, his bro and some others on Friday.A minimum of 30 areas in Chitradurga district, Bengaluru and Hubballi in Karnataka, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Mumbai and Goa were browsed, the sources stated. 5 gambling establishments in Goa called Puppy’s Casino Gold, Ocean Rivers Casino, Puppy’s Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino and Big Daddy Casino were likewise robbed.Based on ED sources, the searches were carried out in a case associated to ‘prohibited’ online and offline wagering. Veerendra is implicated of running a number of online wagering websites. like King567, Raja567, Puppy’s 003, Rathna Gaming etc., and his bro K C Thippeswamy is declared to be ‘running’ 3 company entities from Dubai called Diamond Softech, TRS Technologies and Prime9Technologies.These entities relate to the call centre services and the video gaming company of Veerendra.