Karwar MLA Satish Sail arrested by ED in Money Laundering case
Karwar: In a major development from Uttara Kannada district, Karwar MLA Satish Sail was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday evening in connection with a money laundering case.
The ED had earlier conducted raids on August 13 and 14 at Sail’s residence in Sadashivgad, Karwar taluk, as part of its probe linked to the Belekeri iron ore export scam. During the search, officials reportedly recovered about Rs 1.41 crore in cash from the house and 6.75 kg of gold jewellery from a bank locker.
Sail, who has been undergoing medical treatment for health-related issues, was directed to appear before the agency for questioning. He was grilled by officials throughout the day before being taken into custody in the evening.
According to ED sources, the arrested legislator is likely to be produced before a special court for people’s representatives.
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Karnataka HC quashes BJP's defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the defamation proceedings initiated by the BJP against top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The case was filed in 2023, when BJP was in power in Karnataka, following a "corruption rate card" published by the then opposition Congress to claim large scale irregularities prevailing in the state under the saffron party's rule.
Along with Gandhi, now Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the BJP had accused the then Karnataka LoP Siddaramaiah and Congress state president D K Shivakumar.
Presently Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister and Shivakumar is his deputy.
Challenging the defamation case, Gandhi had approached the High Court stating that the continuation of the case would be an abuse of law.
The bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the petition.
The complainant said that Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had conspired together to defame the BJP government and made baseless allegation and insinuation.
