New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Satish Krishna Sail, MLA from Karnataka's Karwar Assembly constituency, in connection with an ongoing money laundering case, the agency said on Wednesday.

The arrest was made by ED's Bengaluru Zonal Office on Tuesday night after a day-long interrogation of the legislator, who had deposed before the agency earlier that day.

Officials privy to the development told ANI that Sail had been "avoiding summons" prior to his appearance. The MLA will be produced before the court later today.

The move comes a month after the ED's Bengaluru zonal office conducted search operations at multiple locations in Karwar (Uttara Kannada), Goa, Mumbai and New Delhi under the provisions of ...