The case towards Sail pertains to alleged unlawful export of iron ore by an organization allegedly linked to the 59-year-old legislator. The ED had carried out searches on this case on August 13-14 in Karwar, Goa, Mumbai and Delhi.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Karnataka Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail in reference to an alleged cash laundering case linked to unlawful iron ore exports, information company PTI reported quoting official sources, on Wednesday.
Sail, who represents the Karwar Meeting seat in Uttara Kannada, was taken into custody throughout the intervening evening of September 9-10 following his questioning on the federal probe company’s Bengaluru zonal workplace, the sources mentioned.
He was produced earlier than a particular courtroom, which remanded him to one-day ED custody. The sources additional mentioned that the federal company is predicted to hunt an extension of his custodial remand when he’s introduced in courtroom once more on Wednesday.
Sail is the second Congress MLA to be arrested by the ED over the previous few weeks. In August, the ED had arrested Chitradurga MLA Okay C Veerendra ‘Pet’ in a separate cash laundering case linked to unlawful betting.
The case towards Sail pertains to the alleged unlawful export of iron ore by an organization allegedly linked to the 59-year-old legislator. The ED had carried out searches on this case on August 13-14 in Karwar, Goa, Mumbai and Delhi.
(With PTI inputs)