DVAC searches residence of Town Panchayat EO and officials of Local Fund Audit Department in Cuddalore
7 months, 4 weeks ago

DVAC searches residence of Town Panchayat EO and officials of Local Fund Audit Department in Cuddalore

The Hindu  

Sleuths from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Friday conducted a search operation at the residence of Srinivasan, Executive Officer of Sethiyathope Town Panchayat. According to DVAC sources, three teams led by Additional Deputy Superintendent of Police N. Devanathan conducted searches at Mr. Srinivasan’s residence in Vadalur, residences of Poonguzhali, Additional Director and Vijayalakshmi, Inspector of Local Fund Audit Department in Cuddalore and seized incriminating documents. Sleuths from the unit searched the Sethiyathope Town Panchayat office on Wednesday and seized unaccounted cash to the tune of ₹1.20 lakh. Preliminary investigations revealed that the cash was meant for distribution to the two officials of the Local Fund Audit Department to submit a favourable report on the account details of the Town Panchayat.

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ED Searches Locations Linked to Ex-Minister Vaithilingam in Money Laundering Case
2 months ago

ED Searches Locations Linked to Ex-Minister Vaithilingam in Money Laundering Case

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted multiple searches at locations linked to former AIADMK minister and current MLA R. Vaithilingam in connection with a money laundering investigation. The raids come in the wake of allegations of large-scale corruption during his tenure as the State Minister for Housing and Urban Development.

Vigilance sleuths seize ₹1.5 lakh in unaccounted from sub-registrar, tout in Coimbatore
3 months ago

Vigilance sleuths seize ₹1.5 lakh in unaccounted from sub-registrar, tout in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Thursday seized ₹1.5 lakh in unaccounted cash, allegedly collected by a sub-registrar and her tout from document writers in Coimbatore. According to DVAC officials, the cash was seized from Keerthi Shankar, who allegedly acted as a tout for Nancy Nithya Karoline, sub-registrar of Singanallur. The officials received specific information that Karoline was receiving …

Vigilance sleuths seize ₹2.80 lakh unaccounted cash from woman sub-registrar in Coimbatore
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Vigilance sleuths seize ₹2.80 lakh unaccounted cash from woman sub-registrar in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Tuesday seized ₹2.80 lakh in unaccounted cash from a sub-registrar in Coimbatore district. She was found carrying unaccounted cash to the tune of ₹2.80 lakh, which was seized. According to the DVAC, the agency had registered a case against Aruna in 2019, after she was found carrying unaccounted cash of over …

Unaccounted cash seized from Pattukottai Municipal office staff and a contractor
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Unaccounted cash seized from Pattukottai Municipal office staff and a contractor

The Hindu  

A team of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption personnel, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Nandagopal, seized unaccounted cash totalling ₹6.54 lakh during a surprise check at the Pattukottai Municipality on Friday night. According to official sources, the DVAC raid commenced at the municipal office around 8 p.m. on Friday and went on for nearly 10 hours. Subsequently, …

Chennai: DVAC books town planning inspector for demanding Rs 1L bribe
6 months ago

Chennai: DVAC books town planning inspector for demanding Rs 1L bribe

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption has booked a town planning inspector of Tambaram Corporation on charges of demanding a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to clear three building plan approvals submitted by a licensed surveyor. Sources in the agency said that the corporation’s offices where town planning inspector Nagarajan was accused of taking the bribe were raided on …

ED Searches Premises of Hiranandani Group
10 months ago

ED Searches Premises of Hiranandani Group

Deccan Chronicle  

The search operation was conducted at three locations in Mumbai, including the head offices of the Hiranandani Group and one in Panvel. In March 2022, the Income Tax department searched around 25 premises of the Hiranandani group, spanning three cities - Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai. However, the fresh action is not related to the case involving Trinamool Congress leader Mahua …

ED launches searches on promoters of real estate firm in TN
10 months, 2 weeks ago

ED launches searches on promoters of real estate firm in TN

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday launched simultaneous searches on the premises of three promoters of prominent real estate firms in Chennai in connection with an alleged money laundering offence, sources in the agency said. 50 crore was paid to various persons, including MPs, MLAs Corporation Councillors officials of some Government departments and others to get their help during execution of …

ED officials search Senthilbalaji’s house again
10 months, 2 weeks ago

ED officials search Senthilbalaji’s house again

The Hindu  

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at the residence of Minister V. Senthilbalaji, who has been jailed in connection with a money-laundering case. The searches on the premises at Rameswarapatti on the outskirts of Karur, where Mr. Senthilbalaj’s father Velusamy and mother Rukmani live, began around 8 a.m. and concluded around 4 p.m. The residence of Mr. …

IT department says its searches resulted in seizure of ₹351 crore of unaccounted cash
1 year ago

IT department says its searches resulted in seizure of ₹351 crore of unaccounted cash

The Hindu  

The Income Tax Department, which had carried out simultaneous searches in Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal in the first week of December, said ‘unaccounted’ cash amounting to more than ₹351 crore was discovered during raid. The IT department for the first issued an official statement which said, “The search operation has resulted in the seizure of undisclosed cash amounting to …

Tamil Nadu anti-corruption police search Enforcement Directorate office in Madurai after arresting officer on bribery charge, recover ₹20 lakh cash
1 year ago

Tamil Nadu anti-corruption police search Enforcement Directorate office in Madurai after arresting officer on bribery charge, recover ₹20 lakh cash

The Hindu  

In an unprecedented action, Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sleuths on Friday evening conducted searches at the Directorate of Enforcement Madurai office hours after arresting an officer of the agency in neighbouring Dingidul district on charges of demanding and accepting bribe from a government doctor, who is an accused in a disproportionate assets case. The DVAC officers of …

Tamil Nadu: IT department searches over 20 premises linked to DMK MP S Jagathrakshakan
1 year, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu: IT department searches over 20 premises linked to DMK MP S Jagathrakshakan

Hindustan Times  

The Income Tax department on Thursday conducted searches at over 20 locations linked to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP S Jagathrakshakan in Chennai, PTI reported. In June, the Enforcement Directorate had carried out searches at premises linked to DMK minister V Senthil Balaji. In July, another DMK minister K Ponmudi, was questioned by the agency in a case related to issuance …

DVAC sleuths in TN arrest surveyor, assistant for receiving Rs 20k bribe; raid suspended sub-registrar's house
1 year, 3 months ago

DVAC sleuths in TN arrest surveyor, assistant for receiving Rs 20k bribe; raid suspended sub-registrar's house

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI/TENKASI: DVAC sleuths arrested a surveyor and her assistant in Gangaikondan for allegedly receiving Rs 20,000 as a bribe for surveying a plot of land, on Thursday. Puthumadasamy, a resident of Vadakarai near Gangaikondan submitted an application with surveyor Lingammal for surveying his parcel of land. When Santhi received the money, the DVAC sleuths led by inspector Robin Gnanasingh arrested …

Enforcement Directorate Raids Congress Haryana MLA Dharam Singh Chokker Companies Homebuyer Fraud
1 year, 4 months ago

Enforcement Directorate Raids Congress Haryana MLA Dharam Singh Chokker Companies Homebuyer Fraud

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate seized four luxury cars, jewellery worth Rs 14.5 lakh and Rs 4.5 lakh in cash after conducting raids against Congress Party’s Harayana MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker and companies owned and controlled by him. This was done by the agency in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged fraud with homebuyers, said the ED on Monday …

Income Tax department searches premises linked to Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji
1 year, 6 months ago

Income Tax department searches premises linked to Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthilbalaji

The Hindu  

Income Tax officials are carrying out searches at various premises linked to Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity, Excise and Prohibition V. Senthilbalaji, in Karur and a few other places on Friday, May 26, 2023. Minister’s supporters attack As information about the searches by I-T officials spread, a large number of DMK cadres and the supporters of Mr. Senthilbalaji assembled before …

ED conducts searches in church-fund embezzlement case
1 year, 7 months ago

ED conducts searches in church-fund embezzlement case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches in five States as part of a money-laundering probe into the alleged embezzlement of church funds. The ED investigation is based on a First Information Report registered by the Economic Offences Wing of the Madhya Pradesh police against P. C. Singh, former chairman of the Board Education Church of North India. Through a statement, …

Tamil Nadu: Two former AIADMK ministers raided by vigilance over departmental irregularities
2 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Two former AIADMK ministers raided by vigilance over departmental irregularities

Firstpost  

Officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption held multi-city searches at the premises of two AIADMK former ministers in connection with two different cases. Coimbatore/Chennai: Officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption held multi-city searches at the premises of two AIADMK former ministers in connection with two different cases. Searches were held at 26 premises belonging …

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 …

NIA conducts search in J&K's Srinagar in terror-funding case
2 years, 8 months ago

NIA conducts search in J&K's Srinagar in terror-funding case

Firstpost  

The search was conducted in Srinagar’s Sonwar Bagh on the premises of a suspected person which led to the recovery of documents related to financial transactions Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Sunday conducted a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar in connection with an NGO terror-funding case. According to the NIA, the case pertains to the collection and …

IT Department conducts searches in UP, Karnataka; seizes incriminating material
3 years ago

IT Department conducts searches in UP, Karnataka; seizes incriminating material

India TV News  

The Income Tax Department carried out a search and seizure operation on December 18 on various persons and their business entities, engaged in the business of civil construction and real estate, and running educational institutes in UP and Karnataka. It was found that the entry operator formed various shell companies to provide accommodation entries of bogus share capital to the …

Now IT 'searches' Anil Deshmukh's Nagpur properties after ED, CBI
3 years, 3 months ago

Now IT 'searches' Anil Deshmukh's Nagpur properties after ED, CBI

India TV News  

After the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Income Tax Department on Friday was "searching" premises linked with former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur and other places for alleged tax irregularities. The ED charge sheet came in the alleged corruption case against Deshmukh in which now dismissed cop Sachin Vaze had claimed that he was …

Former Tamil Nadu Minister Veeramani’s properties searched
3 years, 3 months ago

Former Tamil Nadu Minister Veeramani’s properties searched

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption conducted searches at 28 places, including properties belonging to former Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration K.C. Searches are also being conducted at houses belonging to Mr. Veeramani’s father-in-law in Polar town of Tiruvannamalai and in Hosur in Krishnagiri district. enacting drama’ The AIADMK accused the DMK government of staging a “drama” at the …

Money laundering case: ED searches 2 homes of ex-Maha home minister Anil Deshmukh
3 years, 5 months ago

Money laundering case: ED searches 2 homes of ex-Maha home minister Anil Deshmukh

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at two residences of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in Nagpur district on Sunday as part of a probe into a money laundering case, a police official said. Two separate teams of the ED searched Deshmukh's house in Katol town, located about 60 km from here, and his ancestral home at Wadvihira village near …

ED crackdown on Shiv Sena's Pratap Sarnaik, 112 properties in Thane seized
3 years, 11 months ago

ED crackdown on Shiv Sena's Pratap Sarnaik, 112 properties in Thane seized

Op India  

In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate has seized 112 properties, belonging to the firm of Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik, in connection to the ₹5600 crores National Spot Exchange Limited scam. I visited the site today pic.twitter.com/ojFWnWbI5N — Kirit Somaiya January 10, 2021 BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, who visited the plots on Sunday, had earlier met the Enforcement Directorate …

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