SIT Arrests 12 in Valmiki Corporation Fraud, Recovers Rs 85 Crore
5 months ago

SIT Arrests 12 in Valmiki Corporation Fraud, Recovers Rs 85 Crore

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The ongoing investigation by sleuths of Special Investigation Team under Criminal Investigation Department into the Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, an undertaking of the State Government, into fraudulent transactions in its bank account have arrested 12 persons, so far, stated Chief Minister Siddaramaiah while cash recovery of about Rs 85 crore has been done out of the alleged Rs 89 crore fraud from arrested persons. At a press conference in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah denied his Government having a role in the alleged fraudulent transactions in the accounts of Valmiki Corporation and blamed the gross negligence of Union Bank of India led to the fraud of Rs 89 crore in the accounts of Valmiki Corporation which had its account in Union Bank of India, Vasanthnagar branch of Bengaluru city. Siddaramaiah stated owing to failure to verify genuineness of signatures of the signatories and gross negligence of Union Bank of India, a total of Rs 89.63 crore was fraudulently transferred from the account of Valmiki Corporation to multiple accounts all of which maintained accounts of Hyderabad based Ratnakara Bank Limited, a Cooperative Bank and had its sequential account numbers. The Chief Minister pointed fingers at the Union Bank of India for the fraudulent transactions and after the alleged fraud came to the notice of the Union Bank of India officials, its Deputy Manager Mahesh filed a complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation after approval from top Bank officials against their Bank officials.

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ED files chargesheet in Valmiki scam
3 months, 1 week ago

ED files chargesheet in Valmiki scam

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement has filed a chargesheet in the alleged scam at Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Welfare Corporation Ltd., naming former Minister B. Nagendra as the prime accused. Of the diverted funds, the ED chargesheet alleges that Mr. Nagendra siphoned off ₹20.19 crore to finance the Lok Sabha elections in his home district of Ballari in April-May 2024. …

BRS questions ED silence on Valmiki scam links with TG Congress leaders
3 months, 4 weeks ago

BRS questions ED silence on Valmiki scam links with TG Congress leaders

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi leadership has questioned the ‘inaction’ of the Enforcement Directorate in the Valmiki scam, shaking the landscape of Karnataka politics, and said that it has “connections spread in political and business spheres in Telangana”. Rama Rao sought to know about the nine bank account holders in Hyderabad to whom the Karnataka ST Corporation money of ₹45 crore …

SIT files one more charge sheet in Valmiki corporation scam; does not name Nagendra again
4 months ago

SIT files one more charge sheet in Valmiki corporation scam; does not name Nagendra again

The Hindu  

The Special Investigation Team, probing the multi-crore scam in Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, on Thursday filed a charge sheet in connection with the suicide of Chandrasekharan P., accounts superintendent at the corporation. The charge sheet did not include the names of former Social Welfare Minister B. Nagendra and the bank officials who have been mentioned in the death …

ED arrests former Pune ZP chairman in ₹494cr bank fraud case
4 months ago

ED arrests former Pune ZP chairman in ₹494cr bank fraud case

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Former chairman of Pune zilla parishad Mangaldas Bandal has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged ₹494-crore fraud at Pune’s Shivajirao Bhosale Sahakari Bank. Earlier on Tuesday, the ED seized cash worth ₹25 lakh and froze fixed deposits worth ₹50 lakh during searches conducted at Bandal’s premises. ED’s investigation revealed that several persons had committed …

SIT files chargesheet in Valmiki corpn. case; Nagendra, Daddal not named in it
4 months, 2 weeks ago

SIT files chargesheet in Valmiki corpn. case; Nagendra, Daddal not named in it

The Hindu  

The Special Investigation Team of the State police, which is probing the scam at the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. on Monday filed a chargesheet against 12 accused in the case. Significantly, former Scheduled Tribes Welfare Minister B. Nagendra, who resigned over allegations of his involvement in the irregularities and was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement …

Valmiki corporation scam: 16 kg gold, ₹2.5 crore cash seized from accused
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Valmiki corporation scam: 16 kg gold, ₹2.5 crore cash seized from accused

The Hindu  

In a breakthrough in the investigation into the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation scam, the Special Investigation Team seized 16 kg gold and ₹2.5 crore from two accused persons. Top SIT sources told PTI on Saturday that the raid was recently carried out, and 15 kg of gold was found in Satyanarayana Varma’s house. This apart, ₹2.5 crore …

Valmiki Scam: Sitharaman hits out at Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, asks if syphoning SC/ST money off is 'nyay'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Valmiki Scam: Sitharaman hits out at Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, asks if syphoning SC/ST money off is 'nyay'

India TV News  

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday hit out at Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the Valmiki scam, asking him if it was ‘Nyay’ to siphon off the tribal Valmiki community money. Karnataka government is grappling with the accusations of a Rs 187 crore scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Corporation, which includes the illegal transfer of Rs …

Karnataka High Court notice to State govt on Union Bank of India’s plea for transfer of Maharshi Valmiki Corporation’s multi-crore scam probe to CBI
5 months ago

Karnataka High Court notice to State govt on Union Bank of India’s plea for transfer of Maharshi Valmiki Corporation’s multi-crore scam probe to CBI

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of notice to the State government on a petition filed by the Union Bank of India seeking a direction to transfer to the Central Bureau of Investigation the investigation being carried out by the State police into the multi-crore financial scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Welfare Development Corporation. …

Valmiki Corporation 'Scam': Karnataka Congress Protests Against 'Arbitrary Actions Of ED'
5 months ago

Valmiki Corporation 'Scam': Karnataka Congress Protests Against 'Arbitrary Actions Of ED'

ABP News  

Karnataka Congress members including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and State Home Minister G Parameshwara held a protest at the Gandhi statue outside Vidhan Soudha on Tuesday. During the protest, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge criticised the BJP accusing it of using the ED to undermine the state's democratically elected government. #WATCH | Karnataka Congress including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and State Home Minister …

Valmiki Corporation scam: Bengaluru Police book 2 ED officials for ‘coercing’ officer to name CM Siddaramaiah, former Minister Nagendra
5 months ago

Valmiki Corporation scam: Bengaluru Police book 2 ED officials for ‘coercing’ officer to name CM Siddaramaiah, former Minister Nagendra

The Hindu  

The Bengaluru City Police have registered a case against two officials of the Directorate of Enforcement for allegedly coercing a senior official of the Government of Karnataka to name Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra in connection with the financial irregularities at the State-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Welfare Development Corporation. Wilson Garden Police …

Valmiki corp scam: Karnataka ex-minister B. Nagendra in judicial custody
5 months ago

Valmiki corp scam: Karnataka ex-minister B. Nagendra in judicial custody

The Hindu  

A special court in Bengaluru remanded former minister Bt. The Congress MLA from Ballari Rural was produced in the special court by ED officials at the end of his extended custody period. B. Nagendra was arrested in connection with an alleged multi-crore scam at the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. The Congress MLA was arrested on July 12 …

Congress trying to cover up Valmiki corporation scam, says Ashoka
5 months ago

Congress trying to cover up Valmiki corporation scam, says Ashoka

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is trying to wash his hands off the scam in the Valmiki Corporation by blaming officials of financial irregularities, said Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka. Speaking at a media conference on Saturday, the BJP leader said the Congress has taken a decision to cover up the scam. The bank officials handed over the …

Sidda buried Valmiki Corporation fraud case, alleges BJP
5 months ago

Sidda buried Valmiki Corporation fraud case, alleges BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashok on Saturday alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah buried the fraudulent transactions in the bank accounts of Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation by favouring an investigation by a special investigation team under criminal investigation department. While the Chief Minister favoured the SIT investigation, the Union …

'Four people arrested, ₹85.25 crore recovered': CM Siddaramaiah on Valmiki Corp Scam
5 months ago

'Four people arrested, ₹85.25 crore recovered': CM Siddaramaiah on Valmiki Corp Scam

Hindustan Times  

On the alleged scam of Valmiki Corporation, Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah said on Friday that four persons have been arrested and around ₹85 crores and 25 lakhs have been seized and recovered by SIT. Addressing media persons, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, " ₹187.33 crores has been looted or defrauded by the many people involved in this scam. READ | …

Valmiki Scam: Amid ruckus in Assembly, CM Siddaramaiah promises strict action against culprits
5 months ago

Valmiki Scam: Amid ruckus in Assembly, CM Siddaramaiah promises strict action against culprits

The Hindu  

The Legislative Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes on Friday over the alleged multi-crore scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki ST Development Corporation Ltd., with the BJP and JD members continuing protest against the Congress government, accusing it of corruption and demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and a CBI probe into the scam. In the midst of the Opposition’s continued …

Valmiki scam: Former Minister Nagendra remanded in ED custody for five more days
5 months ago

Valmiki scam: Former Minister Nagendra remanded in ED custody for five more days

The Hindu  

Former Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare B. Nagendra has been remanded in the custody of the Directorate of Enforcement for five more days till July 22. Meanwhile, Basanagouda Daddal, chairman of the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd., who was also raided by the ED earlier, appeared before it for questioning on Thursday. “During the search operations at …

Bengaluru: BJP leaders trying to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha over Valmiki scam detained
5 months ago

Bengaluru: BJP leaders trying to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha over Valmiki scam detained

Hindustan Times  

BJP leaders, including the party's Karnataka unit President B Y Vijayendra, were detained when they tried to lay siege to 'Vidhana Soudha' here on Thursday demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the alleged scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. Police personnel stop BJP workers protesting over the alleged scam in the Karnataka Maharshi …

ED coercing Valmiki Corporation suspects to name CM, DCM: Karnataka Ministers
5 months ago

ED coercing Valmiki Corporation suspects to name CM, DCM: Karnataka Ministers

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement is coercing those arrested and questioned in connection with the alleged Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scam to name senior functionaries of the government of Karnataka, including the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, in a bid to destabilise the Congress government in the State, alleged Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda. Dinesh Gundu Rao: ‘Suspects …

Funds diverted from Valmiki corporation used during Lok Sabha elections, says Directorate of Enforcement
5 months ago

Funds diverted from Valmiki corporation used during Lok Sabha elections, says Directorate of Enforcement

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement, which is probing the scam at the State-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd., claimed to have uncovered evidence that the diverted funds were used during the recent Lok Sabha elections. “During search operations at the premises of Mr. Nagendra and Basanagouda Daddal, the ED recovered incriminating documents linking them to the handling of …

ED makes fresh arrest in Rajasthan's Jal Jeevan Mission case
5 months, 1 week ago

ED makes fresh arrest in Rajasthan's Jal Jeevan Mission case

Deccan Chronicle  

Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate has made a fresh arrest in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme being implemented in Rajasthan, officials said on Wednesday. The central government's Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through household tap connections and is being implemented in Rajasthan by the state's …

ED questions Ex-Karnataka Minister Nagendra's wife in Valmiki Corporation scam case
5 months, 1 week ago

ED questions Ex-Karnataka Minister Nagendra's wife in Valmiki Corporation scam case

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday questioned former minister B Nagendra's wife in connection with the Rs 187 crore scam in a state-owned corporation here. The ED sleuths summoned Manjula for interrogation in the alleged financial irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. The alleged illegal money transfer scam involving the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development …

Valmiki ST Corporation scam: Uproar in Karnataka Assembly, Ashoka seeks Siddu’s resignation
5 months, 1 week ago

Valmiki ST Corporation scam: Uproar in Karnataka Assembly, Ashoka seeks Siddu’s resignation

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The alleged multi-crore scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd continued to dominate the proceedings of the Assembly on Day 2 of the monsoon session of the legislature on Tuesday. Ashoka hit out at the Congress State Government over the SIT probe constituted to probe the alleged irregularities in the ST corporation. Comparing this SIT …

Valmiki scam happened under Siddaramaiah’s nose: Joshi
5 months, 1 week ago

Valmiki scam happened under Siddaramaiah’s nose: Joshi

The Hindu  

Alleging that the Valmiki Development Corporation scam had taken place under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s nose, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi has demanded the CM’s resignation. The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government had indulged in rampant corruption with the support of the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Rahul Gandhi and the Congress high command,” he alleged. …

Valmiki Corporation scam: Special court remands ex-minister Nagendra to six-day ED custody
5 months, 1 week ago

Valmiki Corporation scam: Special court remands ex-minister Nagendra to six-day ED custody

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The special court remanded Ballari MLA B Nagendra to six day custody of the Enforcement Directorate, on Saturday. The ED arrested former minister B Nagendra on Friday night in connection with the multi-crore scam in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. The ED officials, who conducted search and seizure operations in connection with the scam, have been …

Ex-Karnataka Minister B Nagendra Arrested In Valmiki Corporation Scam Case
5 months, 1 week ago

Ex-Karnataka Minister B Nagendra Arrested In Valmiki Corporation Scam Case

ABP News  

Bengaluru, Jul 12 The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested former state Minister B Nagendra in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited, sources said. He left behind a note claiming unauthorised transfer of Rs 187 crore belonging to the Corporation from its bank account; from that, Rs …

Karnataka: ED takes Congress leader and former minister B Nagendra into custody days after raiding his premises in Valmiki Corporation Scam
5 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka: ED takes Congress leader and former minister B Nagendra into custody days after raiding his premises in Valmiki Corporation Scam

Op India  

On Friday, Congress leader and Former Karnataka Minister, B Nagendra was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate for interrogation in the Valmiki Corporation Scam case. This is days after the ED conducted raids on 20 locations associated with the suspects in the scam at the State-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, wherein funds worth up to Rs 88 …

Valmiki corporation scam: ED detains Karnataka ex-minister B. Nagendra in connection with alleged scam
5 months, 1 week ago

Valmiki corporation scam: ED detains Karnataka ex-minister B. Nagendra in connection with alleged scam

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate arrested former Minister B. Nagendra, Congress MLA for Ballari Rural, on Friday in connection with the alleged scam in the State-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd., where funds up to ₹88 crore were allegedly embezzled. ‘Being framed’ Following raids on multiple premises linked to him that started on Wednesday and lasted for over two …

Ex-Karnataka minister B Nagendra taken into ED custody in money laundering probe
5 months, 1 week ago

Ex-Karnataka minister B Nagendra taken into ED custody in money laundering probe

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate took former Karnataka minister and Congress leader B Nagendra into custody in connection with the Valmiki Corporation scam case. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} This development follows days after the ED conducted extensive searches at the former minister's premises as part of a money laundering probe linked to the alleged scam, which came to light following the death of Chandrasekharan …

Ex-Karnataka minister B Nagendra taken into ED custody in money laundering probe
5 months, 1 week ago

Ex-Karnataka minister B Nagendra taken into ED custody in money laundering probe

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate took former Karnataka minister and Congress leader B Nagendra into custody in connection with the Valmiki Corporation scam case. This development follows days after the ED conducted extensive searches at the former minister's premises as part of a money laundering probe linked to the alleged scam, which came to light following the death of Chandrasekharan P, the …

ED Raids in Valmiki Development Corporation Case Unwarranted: D K Shivakumar
5 months, 1 week ago

ED Raids in Valmiki Development Corporation Case Unwarranted: D K Shivakumar

News 18  

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has termed the Enforcement Directorate raids in the Valmiki Development Corporation case as unwarranted. The ED on Wednesday conducted searches at multiple places allegedly linked to former Karnataka Minister B Nagendra and MLA Basanagouda Daddal in connection with the illegal money transfer case in the state-owned corporation. The raids were carried out in …

Karnataka Valmiki money transfer ‘scam’: ED raids ‘unwarranted’, says D K Shivakumar
5 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka Valmiki money transfer ‘scam’: ED raids ‘unwarranted’, says D K Shivakumar

Live Mint  

On Wednesday, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar criticised the Enforcement Directorate's raids in the Valmiki Development Corporation case, calling them unjustified. The raids were carried out in Bengaluru, Raichur, and Ballari, and they focused on an unauthorized transfer of ₹187 crore from the bank accounts of the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. Karnataka Valmiki money transfer …

'Let ED Do Their Job,' Says Karnataka CM on Searches in Valmiki Corporation ''Scam'' Case
5 months, 1 week ago

'Let ED Do Their Job,' Says Karnataka CM on Searches in Valmiki Corporation ''Scam'' Case

News 18  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said his government will not interfere in the Enforcement Directorate’s probe into alleged irregularities in a state-run corporation. The ED is carrying out searches in four states, including at the premises of a former Minister in the Siddaramaiah government, B Nagendra, and ruling Congress MLA Basanagouda Daddal, who is Chairman of the Karnataka Maharshi …

ED begins probe into Valmiki corporation scam
5 months, 4 weeks ago

ED begins probe into Valmiki corporation scam

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement has begun probe into the alleged illegal diversion and laundering of money from the State-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. Even as the State government has formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation has also been probing the scam based on an FIR registered by Mumbai-headquartered Union Bank …

ED arrests another suspect in Rajasthan’s Jal Jeevan Mission money laundering case
6 months, 1 week ago

ED arrests another suspect in Rajasthan’s Jal Jeevan Mission money laundering case

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate has made a new arrest in its ongoing money laundering investigation concerning alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme in Rajasthan, official sources reported on Friday. About the case It is pertinent to note that the money laundering case originally stems after the anti-corruption bureau registered an FIR citing that Padamchand Jain, Mahesh Mittal, Piyush Jain, …

Valmiki corpn. scam: Sharan Prakash Patil denies any role in destruction of evidence
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Valmiki corpn. scam: Sharan Prakash Patil denies any role in destruction of evidence

The Hindu  

Minister for Medical Education and Skill Development Sharan Prakash Patil on Saturday rejected all accusations against him in connection with the Karnataka Valmiki Development Corporation’s financial scam, saying he was ready for any probe over the alleged meeting at his office at Vikasa Soudha over destruction of evidence with regard to the alleged scam. There is an accusation that I …

Valmiki Corporation scam: BJP demands Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's resignation
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Valmiki Corporation scam: BJP demands Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's resignation

India TV News  

The Karnataka state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the alleged Rs 187 crore fraud in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited. In the purported affidavit, the advocate for 'accused number 8' had requested the court to give directions to the investigating officer to collect …

CBI takes up probe into Valmiki corporation’s financial fraud: Parameshwara
6 months, 2 weeks ago

CBI takes up probe into Valmiki corporation’s financial fraud: Parameshwara

The Hindu  

Home Minister G. Parameshwara has said that the Central Bureau of Investigation has taken up a probe into the alleged multi-crore illegal diversion of money involving State-run Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. Mumbai-headquartered Union Bank of India last week filed a complaint with the CBI in connection with the embezzlement of public money of the corporation involving …

SIT to Probe Rs 87 Crore Fraud in Karnataka Tribal Corporation Bank
6 months, 3 weeks ago

SIT to Probe Rs 87 Crore Fraud in Karnataka Tribal Corporation Bank

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The State Government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team under Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the alleged fraudulent transactions in the accounts of Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited, a Government of Karnataka undertaking, in Union Bank of India, M.G. The SIT investigation into the alleged fraudulent bank transactions in Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation …

Karnataka Officer's Suicide: 2 ST Corporation Officials Suspended, 6 Bankers Booked Over 'Illegal' Money Transfer
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka Officer's Suicide: 2 ST Corporation Officials Suspended, 6 Bankers Booked Over 'Illegal' Money Transfer

News 18  

The state government has suspended the managing director and an official of the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd over allegations of an illegal money transfer. In his death note, 48-year-old accounts superintendent Chandrashekharan named Padmanabh, Parashuram and Union Bank of India chief manager Suchismita Rawal, while also saying the minister in charge had issued oral orders for …

Valmiki corporation scam: Two officials named in note suspended
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Valmiki corporation scam: Two officials named in note suspended

The Hindu  

The State government has placed under suspension two officials of the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, named in the note of another official who was found dead in connection with the unauthorised transfer of over ₹90 crore. On Wednesday, the State government issued suspension orders for the corporation’s Managing Director J.J. Padmanabh and Accounts Officer Parashuram G. Durgannanavar, who …

SIT issues notice to IGP Patil in K’taka Bitcoin scam case
7 months, 1 week ago

SIT issues notice to IGP Patil in K’taka Bitcoin scam case

Hindustan Times  

The Special Investigation Team probing the Bitcoin scam in Karnataka has issued a notice to inspector general of police Sandeep Patil, who was the head of the Central Crime Branch when the scam took place, and was questioned earlier this year, to provide clarifications on the probe conducted against the hacker during his tenure. On Monday, the son of an …

Haryana: ED makes fresh arrest in ‘fraud’ case linked to NHAI, HSIIDC
1 year, 4 months ago

Haryana: ED makes fresh arrest in ‘fraud’ case linked to NHAI, HSIIDC

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has made a fresh arrest as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation linked to alleged financial fraud with the NHAI and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation. A man identified as Chandra Shekhar was taken into custody on August 21 and a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court sent …

Haryana: One arrested by ED in financial fraud case liked to NHAI, state Infrastructure body
1 year, 4 months ago

Haryana: One arrested by ED in financial fraud case liked to NHAI, state Infrastructure body

India TV News  

One accused was arrested in an ongoing money laundering investigation linked to alleged financial fraud with the NHAI and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, said the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday. The ED last month arrested Naresh Kumar Sheokhand, a former district revenue officer-cum-land acquisition collector of Panchkula, in this case. Shekhar, in connivance with Sheokhand and others, …

ED arrests Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's brother in money laundering case
1 year, 4 months ago

ED arrests Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's brother in money laundering case

Op India  

On Sunday, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji’s brother RV Ashok in connection with a money laundering case from Kerala’s Kochi. This development comes a day after the ED filed a chargesheet against Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji. The property seized by the agency belongs to Ashok’s wife and it was done after several rounds of raids …

ED action on T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji as per Supreme Court direction: BJP MLA Vanathi
1 year, 6 months ago

ED action on T.N. Minister Senthilbalaji as per Supreme Court direction: BJP MLA Vanathi

The Hindu  

BJP MLA from Coimbatore South and the national president of the party’s Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan said that the BJP as a political party had no role as far as the arrest of Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji by the Enforcement Directorate was concerned. If at all the political parties like DMK and its supporters are aggrieved, they have recourse to …

Kejriwal, Mamata among 9 Oppn leaders write to PM Modi against Sisodia’s arrest
1 year, 9 months ago

Kejriwal, Mamata among 9 Oppn leaders write to PM Modi against Sisodia’s arrest

Hindustan Times  

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with eight Opposition leaders, including Trinamool Congress's Mamata Banerjee, Shiv Sena ’s Uddhav Thackeray, NCP’s Sharad Pawar and BRS's K Chandrashekar Rao, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemning the arrest of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia by the Centreal Bureau of Investigation in the alleged liquor scam. The letter …

Kerala: ED arrests ex-bureaucrat over alleged corruption in housing scheme
1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala: ED arrests ex-bureaucrat over alleged corruption in housing scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested former bureaucrat M Sivasankar after three-day questioning in connection with the alleged corruption in the Life Mission scheme for free houses for the homeless in Kerala. Sivasankar, a former principal secretary to the Kerala chief minister, earlier spent 100 days in jail in connection with the seizure of 30 kg of gold from a diplomatic …

ED arrests Jharkhand CM's close aide Pankaj Mishra in PMLA case
2 years, 5 months ago

ED arrests Jharkhand CM's close aide Pankaj Mishra in PMLA case

Op India  

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday, 19th of July, arrested Pankaj Mishra, a close aide of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in connection with the money laundering case related to alleged illegal mining in Ranchi. ED arrested Pankaj Mishra, the MLA representative of Chief Minister Jharkhand, Hemant Soren, in a money laundering case related to alleged illegal mining: Sources — ANI …

ED seizes ₹11.88 crore from Jharkhand CM Soren’s aide Pankaj Mishra, others
2 years, 5 months ago

ED seizes ₹11.88 crore from Jharkhand CM Soren’s aide Pankaj Mishra, others

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has seized ₹11.88 crore of cash kept in bank accounts of Pankaj Mishra, the political representative of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, and others as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged illegal mining in the State. "Cash amounting to Rs 11.88 crore lying in 37 bank accounts belonging to Pankaj Mishra, …

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