Income Tax officials seize properties worth Rs 1,000 crore belonging to Ajit Pawar
3 years, 1 month ago

Income Tax officials seize properties worth Rs 1,000 crore belonging to Ajit Pawar

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The authorities have seized Jarandeshwar Sahakari Sugar Karkhana in Maharashtra, a resort in Goa as well as an office at Nirmal Tower in south Mumbai Officials from the Income Tax department have seized assets worth over Rs 1,000 crore belonging to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. Ajit Pawar, the nephew of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, will now have 90 days to prove that the attached properties were not purchased with benami money. Ajit Pawar and family are the “beneficiaries of the above Benami properties,” the Income Tax Department said, invoking the Anti-Benami Act and alleging that the properties were bought illegally. On 15 October, the tax department authorities had said it had unearthed unaccounted income worth Rs 184 crore after it had raided premises of two companies linked to the family of Ajit Pawar.

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Income Tax department recovers 52 kg gold, over ₹11 crore cash from Gwalior man’s abandoned SUV in Bhopal
4 days, 17 hours ago

Income Tax department recovers 52 kg gold, over ₹11 crore cash from Gwalior man’s abandoned SUV in Bhopal

Live Mint  

The Income Tax department and police seized 52 kg of gold bars worth ₹40 crore, along with over ₹11 crore in cash, from an abandoned SUV on Kushalpura road in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on Friday. “A person informed Ratibad police station that an Innova Crysta was standing unclaimed on the Kushalpura road for a long time and about seven to …

52 kg gold, Rs 10 crore cash seized from Innova abandoned in Bhopal forest
5 days, 6 hours ago

52 kg gold, Rs 10 crore cash seized from Innova abandoned in Bhopal forest

India Today  

The Income Tax Department on Friday recovered 52 kg of gold and Rs 9.86 crore in cash from an abandoned Innova car in the forests near Bhopal, the police commissioner said. So far, Rs 2.85 crore in cash has been recovered from the house and office of former RTO constable Saurabh Sharma. According to Lokayukta DSP Ravindra Singh, 60 kg …

ED seizes assets worth ₹3.9 crore in money laundering probe
1 week, 4 days ago

ED seizes assets worth ₹3.9 crore in money laundering probe

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate has seized movable assets worth approximately ₹3.9 crore during searches in Mumbai, Delhi and Gurgaon as part of its money laundering investigation into Dentsu Communications India Private Limited and Suumaya Industries Ltd and their promoters. The agency's investigation stems from a Worli police case against the accused for allegedly embezzling ₹137 crore from certain non-banking financial …

Lokayukta raids 50 places of 10 officials, recovers ₹48.55 crore
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2 weeks ago

Lokayukta raids 50 places of 10 officials, recovers ₹48.55 crore

Hindustan Times  

The Lokayukta police carried out extensive raids across the state, targeting 10 government officials suspected of amassing disproportionate assets, on Tuesday. The simultaneous raids, conducted at over 50 locations in Bengaluru, Koppal, Chitradurga, Channapatna, and other areas, led to the discovery of assets worth ₹48.55 crore. The simultaneous raids, conducted at over 50 locations in Bengaluru, Koppal, Chitradurga, Channapatna, and …

Exclusive: Rs 125 crore in assets returned to victims in Mehul Choksi-PNB scam case
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Exclusive: Rs 125 crore in assets returned to victims in Mehul Choksi-PNB scam case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate, Mumbai, has successfully handed over properties worth more than Rs 125 crore to the liquidator of Gitanjali Gems Ltd. Following an application supported by the ED, the Special PMLA Court in Mumbai approved the monetisation of properties worth Rs 2,565.90 crore linked to Mehul Choksi. PROPERTIES HANDED OVER As per the court’s order, ED initiated the transfer …

Income Tax Tribunal Clears Ajit Pawar in Benami Property Case
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Income Tax Tribunal Clears Ajit Pawar in Benami Property Case

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI: Anti-corruption activist Anjali Damania on Saturday expressed shock over the clean chit given to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in an alleged Benami property case. The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has cleared Ajit Pawar and his family members of the Rs 1,000 crore benami property allegations. This order is a clear cut example.” In October 2021, the Income …

Ajit Pawar gets relief as income tax department clears properties worth over ₹1,000 crore in benami case: Report
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Ajit Pawar gets relief as income tax department clears properties worth over ₹1,000 crore in benami case: Report

Live Mint  

In a significant development, the Income Tax Department has reportedly cleared properties worth over ₹1,000 crore seized in 2021 from Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his family. This decision came after the Prevention of Benami Property Transactions Appellate Tribunal dismissed allegations that Pawar and his family owned benami properties. The tribunal's ruling coincided with Pawar's swearing-in as Deputy …

Soon After Swearing In As Maharashtra Deputy CM, Ajit Pawar Gets HUGE Relief In Benami Property Case
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Soon After Swearing In As Maharashtra Deputy CM, Ajit Pawar Gets HUGE Relief In Benami Property Case

ABP News  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar received big relief from the Income Tax Department as it cleared his properties worth over Rs 1,000 crore seized in 2021. On October 7, 2020, the Income Tax department raided several locations linked the the NCP leader and his family over allegations that he held benami assets. It stated that the properties were paid …

Big court relief to Ajit Pawar as assets seized in benami case cleared
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Big court relief to Ajit Pawar as assets seized in benami case cleared

India Today  

In major relief to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar, the Income Tax Department on Friday cleared all his properties seized in the 2021 benami case. The case originated on October 7, 2021, when the Income Tax Department conducted raids on several companies, recovering documents that purportedly linked certain properties to Ajit Pawar and his …

18 more ‘benami’ properties of ex-min Prajapati on I-T radar
1 month ago

18 more ‘benami’ properties of ex-min Prajapati on I-T radar

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The income tax department is likely to attach 18 more ‘benami’ properties of jailed former cabinet minister Gayatri Prajapati that were purchased in the name of other people, under the provisions of Prohibition of Benami Property Transaction Act, 1988, said officials. The department had recently identified 18 ‘benami’ properties of the former minister in Barabanki, Rae Bareli, Unnao and …

Income Tax Dept raiding locations linked to Jharkhand CM’s private secretary
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Income Tax Dept raiding locations linked to Jharkhand CM’s private secretary

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: The Income Tax Department is raiding around 16 locations associated with Sunil Srivastava, private secretary to Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, and others, in Ranchi and Jamshedpur, people aware of the development said on Saturday. Earlier, the Income Tax Department conducted raids at 35 places in Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Giridih and Kolkata on October 26. “The Income Tax had included …

YSRC asks Pawan to explain how his assets increased abnormally
7 months, 2 weeks ago

YSRC asks Pawan to explain how his assets increased abnormally

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: YSRC leader Pothina Mahesh has demanded that Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan explain how he got his own helicopter and thousands of crores in assets now while he had difficulty paying his car EMIs in the past. Highlighting the soaring assets of PK, Mahesh cited the affidavit submitted by Pawan Kalyan, which showed his assets grew 191 per cent …

Raids on 13 officials in Karnataka unearth assets of Rs 36 cr
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Raids on 13 officials in Karnataka unearth assets of Rs 36 cr

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Sleuths of Karnataka Lokayukta on Wednesday unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 36 crore allegedly possessed by 13 government officials in 12 districts. Nagarajappa owned Rs 10.37 crore immovable assets, including a site, six houses, three acres of farm land and movable assets worth Rs 76.50 lakh which include Rs 11.50 lakh cash, Rs 25 lakh worth ornaments and vehicles …

Properties over Rs 140 crore found in Telangana official's premises
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Properties over Rs 140 crore found in Telangana official's premises

Op India  

On 24th January, the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau discovered assets valued at around Rs 100 crore and Rs 40 lakh in cash at a Hyderabad residence and offices linked to a town planning officer. The Income Tax department seized nearly Rs 300 crore in cash from the premises of a distillery company in Odisha’s Balangir that belonged to the brother of …

Lokayukta raids six govt. officials in Bengaluru and Ramanagara, unearths assets worth over ₹51 crore
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Lokayukta raids six govt. officials in Bengaluru and Ramanagara, unearths assets worth over ₹51 crore

The Hindu  

The Lokayukta police conducted search and seizure operations on 35 premises linked to six government officials, four posted in Bengaluru and two in the neighbouring Ramanagara district, on Tuesday and unearthed assets worth over ₹51 crore. The Lokayukta police discovered documents for 16 sites, one house, and 7.6 acres of agricultural land worth ₹21.27 crore vehicles and ornaments worth around …

Police seize a total Rs 165 crore since October 9 in TS
1 year, 2 months ago

Police seize a total Rs 165 crore since October 9 in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state law enforcement agencies have seized Rs 35.52 crore cash on Tuesday, taking the total cash seized for transporting without valid documents from October 9 to Rs 165 crore. From the beginning of the moral code of conduct on October 9, police and excise officials have seized Rs 8.99 crore worth liquor, Rs 7.55 crore worth drugs, Rs …

Police Seize a Total Rs 74.95 crore Till October 13
1 year, 2 months ago

Police Seize a Total Rs 74.95 crore Till October 13

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Police on Saturday seized Rs 32.81 crore of cash that was not accounted for, the Election Commission of India said, taking the total cash found without documents to nearly Rs 75 crore. The state law enforcement agencies including the income-tax department have seized Rs 74.95 crore in the state since the model code of conduct came into force with …

Mumbai: ED raids locations, seizes Rs 417 crore from illegal online betting app
1 year, 3 months ago

Mumbai: ED raids locations, seizes Rs 417 crore from illegal online betting app

India TV News  

In a major crackdown, the Enforcement Directorate has unearthed a case of embezzlement of crores through illegal betting website and seized Rs 417 crore from the accused. During investigation, the probe agency conducted searches against the money laundering network linked to Mahadev App in cities like Kolkata, Bhopal, Mumbai and seized a large amount of money along with incriminating documents. …

ED seizes Rs 25.8 crore following raids in Maharashtra in money laundering case
1 year, 4 months ago

ED seizes Rs 25.8 crore following raids in Maharashtra in money laundering case

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate seized cash and jewellry worth Rs 25.81 crores following raids carried out across 13 locations in Maharashtra in connection to a money laundering case, informed officials on Saturday. During the search operation conducted on Thursday, ED seized a large number of incriminating documents along with 39.33 kg of gold and diamond jewellry worth Rs 24.7 crore and …

ED seizes luxury cars, jewellery, & cash after raids on Haryana Cong MLA
1 year, 4 months ago

ED seizes luxury cars, jewellery, & cash after raids on Haryana Cong MLA

Hindustan Times  

Four luxury cars, jewellery worth ₹14.5 lakh and ₹4.5 lakh in cash have been seized after raids were conducted against the Congress' Haryana MLA Dharam Singh Chokker and companies "owned and controlled" by him as part of a money laundering case linked to alleged fraud with homebuyers, the ED said on Monday. Haryana MLA Dharam Singh Chokker The action under …

ED attaches Sisodia’s assets worth ₹81L; AAP says properties legitimate
1 year, 5 months ago

ED attaches Sisodia’s assets worth ₹81L; AAP says properties legitimate

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached two flats worth ₹70 lakh belonging to former deputy chief minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, and his wife, Seema Sisodia, apart from the Aam Aadmi Party leader’s bank deposits worth ₹11.49 lakh in connection with its money laundering probe in the Delhi excise policy scam. Besides Sisodia, properties of other accused …

ED seizes assets worth over Rs 121 crore in Pune bank fraud case
1 year, 7 months ago

ED seizes assets worth over Rs 121 crore in Pune bank fraud case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached 47 immovable properties worth Rs 121.81 crore in Pune and movable assets worth Rs 54.25 lakh of Devi Concrete Products under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The ED initiated the PMLA investigation based on a predicate FIR at Pune’s Vimantal Police station against Vinay Aranha of the Rosary Education …

MSC Bank scam case: ED files chargesheet; Ajit Pawar, wife Sunetra not named
1 year, 8 months ago

MSC Bank scam case: ED files chargesheet; Ajit Pawar, wife Sunetra not named

Live Mint  

The Enforcement Directorate has submitted a chargesheet against the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank and has excluded NCP leader and Maharashtra's former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his wife Sunetra Pawar's names from the charge sheet. Moreover, the ED had attached properties including land, building and machinery of Jarandeshwar Cooperative Sugar Mill worth ₹65 crore in July 2021 in this …

Revenue officials gift land worth Rs 2,500 cr to realty firm
2 years, 3 months ago

Revenue officials gift land worth Rs 2,500 cr to realty firm

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana state revenue officials have gifted land worth Rs 2,500 crore near Jubilee Hills in the city to a private individual, who is allegedly a benami of a top realty firm, according to information obtained by Deccan Chronicle. Though the largesse was kept under wraps, the recent income-tax raids on city-based realty firms brought to fore the land deals …

Over six crore worth of land seized in case against gangster Mukhtar Ansari
2 years, 4 months ago

Over six crore worth of land seized in case against gangster Mukhtar Ansari

Firstpost  

The two plots worth 6.30 crore, seized under the Gangsters Act, are registered in Ansari’s wife Afshan Ansari’s name, and were purchased with money earned illegally Ghazipur: The Ghazipur district administration in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday seized two plots of land, measuring 1.901 hectares and valued at over Rs 6 crore, that was purchased using illegal earnings of jailed former …

Uttar Pradesh: Income Tax Department conducts searches, over Rs 15 crore cash seized
2 years, 4 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Income Tax Department conducts searches, over Rs 15 crore cash seized

India TV News  

Highlights I-T Department carried out search operation on premises of Jhansi-based business group The business group is engaged in civil contract and real estate development in UP The search operation was launched on August 3 which covered around 30 premises Uttar Pradesh news : The Income Tax Department has said that it had carried out a search operation on the …

Bollywood style I-T raid in Maharashtra, assets worth ₹390 crore recovered
2 years, 4 months ago

Bollywood style I-T raid in Maharashtra, assets worth ₹390 crore recovered

Live Mint  

The Income Tax Department officials recently conducted raids in Maharashtra's Jalna and Aurangabad districts in a Bollywood movie style and uncovered 390 crore illegal assets in eight days of raids. They arrived in wedding cars with stickers attached 'Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge stickers' on August 1, reported Zee News. The unaccounted assets seized include 58 crores in cash, 32 kg …

Noida: Rs 50 lakh seized from realtor during I-T raids, transactions worth Rs 10 cr detected
2 years, 10 months ago

Noida: Rs 50 lakh seized from realtor during I-T raids, transactions worth Rs 10 cr detected

India Today  

Continuing its crackdown, the Income Tax Department sleuths conducted search operations at properties belonging to a real estate businessman in Noida. According to the ANI report, the I-T department seized Rs 50 lakh cash and documents of property deal worth over Rs 10 Crores from SD Properties in Noida. Uttar Pradesh: I-T Dept seized Rs 50 Lakhs cash and documents …

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar's assets worth Rs 1,400 cr seized by Income Tax department
3 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar's assets worth Rs 1,400 cr seized by Income Tax department

India TV News  

Ajit Pawar assets seized: Trouble seems to be mounting for Ajit Pawar after Income Tax Department in the raids seized assets worth over ₹ 1,400 crore linked to the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister. These properties include the Jarandeshwar sugar factory in Satara that is valued at around Rs 600 crore, a Rs 250-crore resort in Goa called Nilaya, the office …

IT-Dept provisionally attaches properties linked to NCP leader Ajit Pawar
3 years, 1 month ago

IT-Dept provisionally attaches properties linked to NCP leader Ajit Pawar

Op India  

The Income Tax Department has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 1000 crore under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988, belonging to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar. #JustIn: The Income Tax department has provisionally attached four assets including a cooperative sugar factories liked to NCP leader Ajit Pawar under the Prohibition of Benami Property …

IT raids on the homes of sisters of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar
3 years, 2 months ago

IT raids on the homes of sisters of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar

Op India  

The Income Tax Department on Thursday launched search operations and raids at multiple locations including those DF. As per reports, premises linked to Deputy CM Ajit Pawar were also searched. Income Tax Department raids underway at multiple locations in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur of some real estate developers having close links with a senior minister of Maharashtra government: Sources — ANI …

MSCB Scam: ED attaches properties worth over Rs 65cr of sugar mill linked to Ajit Pawar, family
3 years, 5 months ago

MSCB Scam: ED attaches properties worth over Rs 65cr of sugar mill linked to Ajit Pawar, family

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday attached assets worth over Rs 65 crore, including properties of a company linked to Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar. Ltd. is related company to Ajit Pawar, Deputy Chief Minister of State of Maharashtra and Sunetra Ajit Pawar," a statement issued by the ED said. Kirit Somaiya welcomes ED action Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya …

ED Attaches Sugar Mill Worth Rs 65 Cr; Links Maha Dy CM Pawar in Money Laundering Case
3 years, 5 months ago

ED Attaches Sugar Mill Worth Rs 65 Cr; Links Maha Dy CM Pawar in Money Laundering Case

News 18  

A sugar mill worth over Rs 65 crore has been attached under the anti-money laundering law in connection with the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam, the Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday and added that a company linked to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his wife is involved in the case. “The assets are currently held in the name …

Assets worth Rs 18,170 crore of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi attached; 80% losses recovered: ED
3 years, 6 months ago

Assets worth Rs 18,170 crore of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi attached; 80% losses recovered: ED

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate has said that it had transferred a part of the attached or seized assets in cases related to fugitive billionaires Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, to state-run banks and the Centre. Of the Rs 18,170.02 crore worth of assets seized, the ED said it has transferred Rs 9,371.17 crore to the government and public sector …

ED transfers Rs 9,000 crore of Rs 18,000 crore assets seized from Nirav Modi, Mallya and Choksi to banks
3 years, 6 months ago

ED transfers Rs 9,000 crore of Rs 18,000 crore assets seized from Nirav Modi, Mallya and Choksi to banks

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has seized assets worth Rs 18,170 crore, which is 80% of the total losses incurred by the banks, in cases related to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. The ED said on Wednesday that not only has the assets been seized, but a significant share, Rs 9,371.17 crore, has been transferred to the public …

Rs 1 Crore Seized from Relative of BJP's Telangana Bypoll Candidate to Distribute Among Voters: Police
4 years, 1 month ago

Rs 1 Crore Seized from Relative of BJP's Telangana Bypoll Candidate to Distribute Among Voters: Police

News 18  

Hyderabad police on Sunday seized Rs 1 crore cash from a relative of M. Raghunandan Rao, the BJP candidate in the Dubbak Assembly bypolls In Telangana. The Police Commissioner said Srinivas Rao told police that a manager of Visakha Industries Ltd belonging to former MP and BJP leader G. Vivek gave him the money. The cash was seized in a …

I-T Dept Detects Rs 75 Crore Unaccounted Income After Raids on Traders in Poll-bound Bihar
4 years, 1 month ago

I-T Dept Detects Rs 75 Crore Unaccounted Income After Raids on Traders in Poll-bound Bihar

News 18  

The Income Tax Department had detected “undisclosed” income of Rs 75 crore after it raided some contractors and traders at multiple places in the poll-bound Bihar, the CBDT said on Friday. The searches, so far, have led to unearthing of unaccounted income of about Rs 75 crore,” the Central Board of Direct Taxes said in a statement. “These documents and …

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