Piles of notes found in ED’s raid
New Delhi: The ED has arrested Karnataka Congress MLA KC Virendra ‘Pappi’ in a money laundering case related to alleged illegal online and offline betting. The arrest took place from Sikkim on Saturday. The investigating agency also said that raids were conducted in several states on 22 and 23 August. Reds Rs 12 crore in cash (including foreign currency of about Rs 1 crore), gold jewelery worth six crore rupees, about 10 kg of silver and four vehicles. The ED, however, did not say what was seized from which place.
Casey Virendra went to Sikkim from Karnataka
The ED said that the 50 -year -old MLA from Chitradurga was produced before a magistrate in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim on Friday and was taken in a transit remand to produce in a judicial court in Bengaluru. The Bangalore zone of the ED is investigating the case. The agency has reported that the Bangalore regional office of ED conducted a search operation on 22 and 23 August at 31 places across India including Gangtok, Chitradurga district, Bengaluru city, Hubli, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Goa. It also includes 5 casinos.
Raids on Congress MLA’s locations
This search operation is related to cases registered against Chitradurga district MLA KC Virendra and others in the case of illegal online and offline betting. The search has revealed that the accused is running several online betting sites in the name of King 567. Apart from this, the accused’s brother KC Thippeswamy is operating 3 commercial institutions from Dubai. Diamond Softc, TRS Technologies, Prime 9 Technologies Joe K. C. Virendra’s call center services and gaming businesses.
12 crore cash, jewelery worth crores of rupees seized
In addition, during the search action, about Rs 12 crore cash, including gold jewelery, about 10 kg silver jewelery and four vehicles have been seized. Apart from this, 17 bank accounts and 2 bank lockers were also freezed. In addition, KC Virendra’s brother KC Nagraj and his son Prithvi N Raj were also seized several property related documents. Several objectionable documents were also seized from several campuses.
Piles of notes found in ED’s raid
ED gave this information
The ED reported that his other colleagues, Bhai KC Thippeswamy, and Prithvi N Raj are handling online gaming from Dubai. In addition, it was discovered that CC Virendra, aide, went to Gangtok via Bagdogra on a commercial journey to lease a ground casino. The objectionable material seized during the search indicates complex stratification of cash and other funds. K.C. for further investigation into the crime Virendra was arrested from Gangtok on 23.08.2025 and was produced before Judicial Magistrate, Gangtok, Sikkim and received transit remand for presenting him in the judicial court in Bangalore. Further investigation in the case is going on.
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