Illegal ore case: ED arrests Karnataka Congress MLA Satish Sail; 6.7kg gold seized

Bengaluru: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Karwar’s Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail on money-laundering fees within the 2010 unlawful iron ore export case.Sail used to be dropped at Bengaluru past due Tuesday evening and subjected to exams at Bowring Health facility ahead of being produced ahead of the Justice of the Peace. In keeping with resources, ED will search Sail’s custody for additional probe. ED carried out raids on Aug 13 and 14 at more than one places in Uttara Kannada, Goa, Mumbai, and New Delhi underneath Prevention of Cash-Laundering Act. The worth of unlawful exports used to be put at Rs 86 crore. Throughout the quest, ED officers seized Rs 1.4 crore from Sail’s place of dwelling and Rs 27 lakh in money from Sri Lal Mahal workplaces. Additional, 6.7kg gold used to be seized from the Sail circle of relatives’s financial institution locker. Greater than Rs 14 crore used to be frozen.ED stated that Sail, in collusion with different industry entities and Belekeri Port officers, illegally exported iron ore fines weighing 1.2 lakh tonnes between April 19, 2010 and June 10, 2010.



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