Online Betting Case: Karnataka Congress MLA K. C. Virendra has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a large -scale illegal online and offline betting case.
Online Betting Case Update: Karnataka Congress MLA K.K. in the case of illegal online and offline betting. C. Virendra has been arrested by ED. The search operation conducted by the Bengaluru Regional Office on 22 and 23 August 2025 took place at 31 places. This includes Gangtok, Chitradurga, Bengaluru, Hubli, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Goa. 5 Casino was also raided, whose names- Pappiz Casino Gold, Ocean Reverse Casino, Pappiz Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino and Big Daddy Casino.
The search has revealed that the accused was running several online betting sites under the name of King567, Raja567. The brother of the accused K.K. C. Thippeswamy is allegedly running 3 commercial institutions from Dubai, named Diamond Softc, TRS Technologies, Prime 9 Technologies, which. C. is related to Virendra’s call center services and gaming business.
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12 crores, foreign currency, gold and vehicles confiscated
During the search, under PMLA, 2002, Rs 12 crore cash, gold jewelery worth about Rs 6 crore, about 10 kg silver goods and four vehicles were seized. Apart from this, 17 bank accounts and 2 bank lockers were also freezed. Of. C. Virendra’s brother K.K. C. Nagraj and his son Prithvi N Raj’s homes were also seized documents related to several properties. Several objectionable documents were also seized from many places.
His other colleagues, brother K.K. C. Thippeswamy and Prithvi N Raj are allegedly operating online gaming from Dubai. It was further found out that K. C. Virendra along with his colleagues went to Gangtok via Bagdogra on a commercial journey to lease a land casino.
The objectionable material seized during the search indicates complex layering of cash and other funds. To further identify the income of crime, K.K. C. Virendra was arrested from Gangtok and was produced before the Judicial Magistrate of Gangtok, Sikkim and received transit remand to produce Bangalore in court. Further investigation in the case is going on.