ED raids against Karnataka Congress MLA KC Veerendra and multiple cities in gaming-linked case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out searches at about 30 places in Bengaluru, Goa, Gangtok, and Jodhpur on Friday, August 22. These raids are part of an investigation into money laundering involving illegal betting and online gaming.

One of the Karnataka Congress MLAs, KC Veerendra Pappy, was also involved in the activity, and the research is going on.

According to the Zee Business sources, ED Bengaluru Zonal Office conducted a search operation on August 22, 2025 in the case of MLA Chitradurga, KC Veerendra and other premises at 30 locations across Chitradurga District (06), Bangalore (10), Jodhpur (03), Hubli (01) Mumbai (02) and Goa (08 including 5 casinos viz. Puppy’s Casino Gold, Ocean Rivers Casino, Puppy’s Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino, Big Daddy Casino).

The search has revealed that the accused is running several online betting sites in the name of King567, Raja567, Puppy’s003, Rathna Gaming, etc.

Further, the brother of the accused, K C Thippeswamy, is operating three business entities from Dubai, viz. Diamond Softech, TRS Technologies, Prime9Technologies, and these entities are related to the call centre services and gaming business of K C Veerendra. During the search, Anil Gowda, who is the brother of MLA Kusuma H from Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bengaluru, is also covered.