HC orders Air Force Command Hospital to submit health check-up report of Karwar MLA Satish Sail
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has ordered the Air Force Command Hospital here to submit a health check-up report of Karwar MLA Satish Sail, who is facing an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case over involvement in illegal transportation and sale of ore from the Belekeri port.
Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav on Thursday heard a petition filed by Satish Sail challenging the order of the Special Court of People’s Representatives, which issued a non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) for not cooperating with the investigation and also cancelled the interim medical bail granted to him in a money laundering case registered by the ED.
The judge, after hearing the arguments, ordered that Sail be tested by a gastroenterologist at the Air Force Command Hospital in Bengaluru at 11:30 am on Saturday, November 15. The judge directed the legislator to submit all his health-related reports to the doctor. He told the Hospital authorities to verify the medical documents, check the MLA’s health and submit the report before the court.
The bench added that, if the Air Force Command Hospital had no gastroenterologist, Sail’s health was to be checked in a similar manner by a specialist at a different hospital suggested by the Air Force Command Hospital.
The interim medical bail granted to Sail has been extended till November 20 by the High Court.
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Illegal betting case: ED attaches ₹177 crore assets linked to Congress MLA K.C. Veerendra
Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has attached assets worth ₹177.3 crore belonging to Congress MLA K.C. Veerendra, also known as ‘Puppy’, and his associates in connection with an illegal online betting and gambling case, Deccan Herald reported.
According to the ED, the attached properties include immovable assets such as agricultural land and residential sites, along with other movable assets. The agency said these assets are believed to be proceeds of crime generated through illegal online betting and gambling activities.
The ED claimed that its investigation uncovered that Veerendra and his associates were the masterminds behind a nationwide illegal online betting network operating with the same modus operandi.
“The investigation has established that the accused generated substantial proceeds of crime by cheating the public through online betting and impersonation scams. In the scheme, unsuspecting players were induced to stake money on rigged illegal gaming websites, which functioned like online casinos. Their deposits, running into crores of rupees, were collected through payment gateways into designated payment aggregator accounts,” Deccan Herald quoted the agency as saying.
“The victims were initially shown fake winnings to build trust and were later blocked from withdrawing money. The investigation revealed the use of hundreds of mule accounts and multiple payment gateways for laundering the proceeds of crime,” the agency said.
Earlier, the ED carried out search and seizure operations at more than 60 locations across several states, during which large quantities of cash, gold bullion, gold and silver jewellery, vehicles, digital devices and incriminating documents were seized.
The ED also arrested Veerendra under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), and a prosecution complaint has been filed before the Special PMLA court. Based on the evidence gathered, the agency has provisionally attached properties held directly and indirectly by him, which are believed to be linked to money laundering.
“With this, the ED has attached assets worth more than ₹320 crore in the present case under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002. Further, during the course of the investigation, proceeds of crime exceeding ₹2,300 crore have been identified so far, which were generated through illegal online betting and gambling activities and subsequently laundered through multiple layers of transactions,” the agency said.
