"We have arrested seven persons, including Kudalgi MLA Nagendra, in connection with a mining case related to illegal exports of iron ore by ILC Industries from Belikeri port," CBI officials said here.
Besides Nagendra, the other arrested persons are proprietor of Eagle Logistics and traders K Nagaraj, Ajay Kaharbanda of Greentex Mining Company, Yerriabba, Rani Samyukta, Farhan Sheikh and Nandini, officials said.
They have been remanded to judicial custody till June 8.
The illegal export of iron-ore from Belikeri port in Karnataka's Uttara Kannada district was exposed by former Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde, who, in his report, had said 7.74 million tonnes of iron ore were illegally exported between 2006-2007 and 2010-11, causing huge loss to the exchequer.