New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches in the case of KC Veerendra, Congress Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Chitradurga constituency in Karnataka, and others related to cheating the public in an illegal online betting case.

In a search operation conducted by the ED's Bengaluru zonal office under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the agency claimed to have seized 24-carat gold bullion weighing 40 kg, worth Rs 50.33 crore, from two lockers in Challakere, Karnataka. Earlier, ED has seized assets worth Rs 103 crore in the form of around 21 kg gold bars, cash, gold and silver jewellery, bank accounts and high-end vehicles. Total seizure in ...