Overview
- ED said it searched 31 locations over two days across multiple states, including five Goa casinos tied to the network.
- Officials reported seizures of about ₹12 crore in cash (including roughly ₹1 crore in foreign currency), gold worth around ₹6 crore, nearly 10 kg of silver and four vehicles.
- The agency froze 17 bank accounts and two lockers and is forensically examining records that point to complex layering of funds.
- Veerendra was detained in Gangtok, where ED says he went to explore leasing a land casino, and a transit remand was obtained to produce him before a Bengaluru court.
- Preliminary findings cite betting sites such as King567, Raja567, Puppy's003 and Rathna Gaming and link three Dubai entities run by his brother to call-centre and gaming operations, while property documents were seized from relatives.