Karnataka High Court issues notice to MLA KC Veerendra on ED plea seeking cancellation of Bail
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has issued notice to MLA K.C. Veerendra on a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking cancellation of the bail granted to him in an alleged online and offline betting case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The petition challenges the December 30, 2025 order of the Special Court for elected representatives, which had granted bail to Veerendra.
The matter came up for hearing before a single-judge bench of Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav on Thursday. Appearing for the ED, counsel submitted that the agency has sought cancellation of the bail granted to Veerendra by the special court. After hearing the submissions, the court issued notice to Veerendra and adjourned the matter to February 26 for further hearing.
On August 22 and 23, 2025, officials of the Enforcement Directorate’s Bengaluru zonal office conducted searches at 31 locations across the country, including in Chitradurga, Bengaluru, Hubballi, Jodhpur, Gangtok, Mumbai and Goa. The searches were carried out in connection with alleged illegal offline and online betting operations at casinos such as Pappi Casino Gold, Ocean Rivers Casino, Pappies Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Casino and Big Daddy Casino.
During the searches, the ED claimed to have found that Veerendra Pappi was allegedly operating multiple betting websites under names such as King 567 and Raja 567. The agency also stated that Veerendra’s brother, K.C. Tippeswamy, was running three companies namely Diamond Softtech, TRS Technologies and Prime9 Technologies from Dubai.
According to the ED, assets seized during the searches included Rs 12 crore in cash, foreign currency worth Rs 1 crore, gold jewellery valued at Rs 6 crore, 10 kilograms of silver and four vehicles. In addition, 17 bank accounts and two lockers were frozen under the PMLA.
Veerendra Pappi was arrested on August 23 while he was reportedly in Gangtok, Sikkim, to secure a casino contract. The ED later filed a chargesheet against him before the special court on October 18.
After remaining in judicial custody, Veerendra was granted bail by the Special Court for elected representatives on December 30, 2025. Challenging that order, the ED has now approached the High Court seeking cancellation of the bail.
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Body of Bihar Police personnel found hanging in barracks in Patna
Patna (PTI): The body of a Bihar Police personnel was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his barracks here, a senior officer said on Sunday.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma said a havildar with Bihar State Armed Police-1, popularly known as "Gorkha battalion", died allegedly by suicide as he had been suffering from some ailment.
The deceased left behind "two suicide notes", one in Hindi and the other in his native language Nepali.
"From the suicide notes, it appears that Navraj Sunar, the deceased havildar, had been suffering from some ailment which had caused him much mental anguish and may have driven him to take the extreme step," the SSP said.
The body was being sent to the native village of the deceased in Nepal after a post-mortem examination, while further investigations were on, with forensic experts inspecting the site of the incident.
