ED conducts searches in ₹118-crore fraudulent contracts case in Assam
7 months ago

ED conducts searches in ₹118-crore fraudulent contracts case in Assam

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches in connection with the alleged fraudulent award of contracts worth about ₹118 crore from 2013 to 2016 by misappropriation of funds collected as cess for the welfare of construction workers in Assam. In the case being probed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the agency has seized several documents and also attached properties valued about ₹34.03 crore in the form of bank balances and fixed deposits. The ED investigation is based on a First Information Report registered by the Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance Cell police station in Assam, and chargesheets filed by the police under various provisions of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. Among the accused persons in the case were Indian Administrative Service official Chohan Doley, as the then Labour Commissioner cum Member Secretary of the Assam Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board ; Priyanshu Boiragi, proprietor of Purbashree Printing House; Gautam Baruwa, the then ABOCWWB Chairperson; and Nagendra Nath Choudhury, the then Administrative Officer of the Board. According to the ED, its investigation revealed that accused Priyanshu Boiragi had invested the proceeds of crime of about ₹118 crore, generated out of government funds, in fixed deposits in his name, and routed the balance amount to various bank accounts connected to him and various shell entities, thus creating a maze of transactions to avoid detection.

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ED searches locations in Patna in case against IAS officer Sanjeev Hans
2 days, 1 hour ago

ED searches locations in Patna in case against IAS officer Sanjeev Hans

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday reached more than 6 locations in Patna, Bihar to conduct a search operation in an ongoing money laundering investigation against IAS officer Sanjeev Hans. The money laundering case against Mr. Hans, a 1997-batch bureaucrat who last served as the Principal Secretary of the Bihar Energy Department, stems from a special vigilance unit FIR of the …

₹42L assets attached in ₹8-cr post office fraud case in Jalandhar
6 days, 4 hours ago

₹42L assets attached in ₹8-cr post office fraud case in Jalandhar

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth ₹42 lakh under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with a fraud case. The ED had initiated the investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the CBI in 2018 against Sanjeev Kumar, former sub-postmaster, Dakhni Gate, Nakodar sub-office, Jalandhar, and others …

ED files charge sheet against bizmen in ₹8.09 cr undisclosed foreign assets case
6 days, 5 hours ago

ED files charge sheet against bizmen in ₹8.09 cr undisclosed foreign assets case

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of the Enforcement Directorate has submitted its charge sheet against businessmen Sidharth Chokshi and Abhay Chokshi, who allegedly held undisclosed foreign income and assets worth ₹8.09 crore that were considered as proceeds of crime, as part of its money-laundering investigation. ED’s case is based on an earlier Income Tax department ‘s charge sheet against the accused …

Madhya Pradesh 'crorepati' ex-constable charged for hiding facts to secure job
1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh 'crorepati' ex-constable charged for hiding facts to secure job

India Today  

An ex-constable of the Madhya Pradesh transport department who was recently arrested for allegedly amassing crores of rupees has been booked for making false claims to get the job on compassionate grounds, police said on Saturday. Saurabh Sharma had hit the national headlines last year after the Lokayukta and Income Tax Department unearthed huge assets from his residence. Additional Superintendent …

ED files complaint against two accused in black money-linked case in Maharashtra
1 week ago

ED files complaint against two accused in black money-linked case in Maharashtra

India Today  

The Directorate of Enforcement on Saturday filed a prosecution complaint before a special PMLA court in Mumbai against Siddharth Choksi and Abhay Choksi in an alleged black money-linked money laundering case. The ED initiated an investigation on the basis of Prosecution Complaints filed by the income tax department against Siddharth and Abhay before the Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Mumbai, under the …

ED conducts searches across four States in SDPI case
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1 week, 1 day ago

ED conducts searches across four States in SDPI case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches across four States in connection with the money-laundering charge allegedly involving the Social Democratic Party of India. Earlier this month, the agency searched 12 locations across 10 States in the case against the banned outfit, the Popular Front of India, days after the arrest of SDPI national president M.K. The ED has alleged …

TASMAC issue: HC directs ED not to proceed further
1 week, 2 days ago

TASMAC issue: HC directs ED not to proceed further

Hindustan Times  

Chennai March 20 The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Enforcement Directorate not to proceed further pursuant to its searches at state-run liquor retailer TASMAC's headquarters in the city recently. TASMAC issue: HC directs ED not to proceed further While giving an oral direction to ED in this connection, the HC also directed the central agency to produce copies …

ED attaches ₹51.29 lakh in Hyderabad Cricket Association fund misuse case
1 week, 2 days ago

ED attaches ₹51.29 lakh in Hyderabad Cricket Association fund misuse case

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office has provisionally attached immovable property worth ₹51.29 lakh on March 18 in the case of misappropriation of funds of Hyderabad Cricket Association by its office bearers. ED investigation revealed that the office bearers of HCA gave contracts for supply of cricket balls, bucket chairs and gym equipment to M/s Sara Sports, M/s Excellent …

SC asks CBI stand on plea to probe 'fraud' by Kolkata's SREI group
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1 week, 2 days ago

SC asks CBI stand on plea to probe 'fraud' by Kolkata's SREI group

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the CBI's stand on a plea seeking a probe into the alleged financial fraud committed by Kolkata-based SREI Group. SC asks CBI stand on plea to probe 'fraud' by Kolkata's SREI group A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar took note of the submissions of advocate Prashant Bhushan, …

New India bank fraud: EOW to again seek custody of 2 key accused
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1 week, 3 days ago

New India bank fraud: EOW to again seek custody of 2 key accused

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police will again seek custody of former general manager of New India Cooperative Bank Hitesh Mehta and builder Dharmesh Paun in connection with the alleged embezzlement of ₹122-crore from the bank’s cash vaults. Hitesh Mehta, an employee of the bank since 1988, met RBI officials and confessed that he had been siphoning off …

MP: Congress demands Lokayukta probe into ‘scam’ in transport department
1 week, 4 days ago

MP: Congress demands Lokayukta probe into ‘scam’ in transport department

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Congress on Monday demanded a probe by the Lokayukta into the alleged scam in the state transport department, which surfaced in the previous governments in Madhya Pradesh. Congress Legislature Party leader Umang Singhar submitted ‘documents’ to the Lokayukta here reportedly establishing purchase of ‘benami’ lands by the perpetrators of the alleged scam in the state transport department during the …

Wanted Arunachalam Ullahanathan Maruthuvar alias ‘Arun Bhai’, arrested in New India Co-operative Bank scam case
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1 week, 5 days ago

Wanted Arunachalam Ullahanathan Maruthuvar alias ‘Arun Bhai’, arrested in New India Co-operative Bank scam case

Live Mint  

Economic Offences Wing, Mumbai, has arrested Arunachalam Ullahanathan Maruthuvar, a wanted accused in the New India Co-operative Bank misappropriation case. EOW stated that it is alleged that Arunachalam Ullahanathan Maruthuvar received approximately ₹30 crores from the misappropriated funds of NICB from the main accused Hitesh Mehta. Other Arrests in New India Co-operative Bank Case On March 15, EOW of the …

EOW arrests contractor in New India bank misappropriation case
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1 week, 6 days ago

EOW arrests contractor in New India bank misappropriation case

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police has arrested a fifth accused in the New India Cooperative Bank misappropriation case. The police identified the accused as Kapil Kalyanji Dedhia, 45, a civil contractor who was close to the main accused in the case, the arrested general manager of the bank, Hitesh Mehta. EOW arrests contractor in New India …

New India Bank case: Accused civil contractor held from Vadodara; in police custody till March 19
1 week, 6 days ago

New India Bank case: Accused civil contractor held from Vadodara; in police custody till March 19

Hindustan Times  

The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai police has arrested an accused from Vadodara in the ₹122-crore embezzlement at New India Cooperative Bank, an official said on Saturday. According to the police, ₹ 12 crore of the misappropriated amount was credited to the accused Kapil Dedhia’s account. Dedhia also received money from Unnathan Arunachalam, another wanted accused in the case, …

ED attaches assets worth ₹1.90 lakh in Hyderabad human trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals
2 weeks, 1 day ago

ED attaches assets worth ₹1.90 lakh in Hyderabad human trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets worth ₹1.90 lakh in connection with two cases of immoral trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals in and around Hyderabad. The Telangana Police had conducted raids at two brothels on the outskirts of Hyderabad, uncovering an organised prostitution and human trafficking syndicate operated by Bangladeshi nationals. The victims, Bangladeshi …

BJP using ED as political weapon over Stalin's language stand: Tamil Nadu Minister
2 weeks, 1 day ago

BJP using ED as political weapon over Stalin's language stand: Tamil Nadu Minister

India Today  

Tamil Nadu Electricity and Excise Minister Senthil Balaji strongly condemned the Enforcement Directorate raids on Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation outlets - the state-run liquor sales agency - alleging that the central government is using the agency as a political tool. Because Tamil Nadu is exposing the three-language policy and delimitation issues, the Union government is using the ED to …

President approves FIR against Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain over ₹1,300-crore ‘scam’ in building classrooms
2 weeks, 1 day ago

President approves FIR against Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain over ₹1,300-crore ‘scam’ in building classrooms

The Hindu  

President Droupadi Murmu has approved the registration of an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in an alleged scam of ₹1,300 crore in the construction of classrooms in government schools, sources said on Thursday. Mr. Sisodia and Mr. Jain held the Education and the Public Works Department portfolios respectively in the previous AAP government, when …

ED Team Attacked In Chhattisgarh’s Bhilai After Raid On Former CM Bhupesh Baghel’s Son
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

ED Team Attacked In Chhattisgarh’s Bhilai After Raid On Former CM Bhupesh Baghel’s Son

ABP News  

A team of the Enforcement Directorate was attacked in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, on Monday following searches at the residence of former Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel. The attack occurred as ED officials were leaving Baghel’s house after conducting raids in connection with an alleged liquor scam involving his son, Chaitanya Baghel. News agency PTI reported that raids were carried …

ED raids multiple places linked to Tamil Nadu Minister in money laundering case
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3 weeks, 2 days ago

ED raids multiple places linked to Tamil Nadu Minister in money laundering case

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at over ten locations in Tamil Nadu on Friday, targeting premises linked to DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji and others in connection with a money laundering case. Merely three days later, on September 29, he was reinstated as Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Electricity, Prohibition, and Excise, the same portfolio he had held …

Railway internal exam paper leak: CBI raids 8 locations, seize Rs 1.17 crore in cash
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Railway internal exam paper leak: CBI raids 8 locations, seize Rs 1.17 crore in cash

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Close on the heels of the arrest of at least 26 railway employees in connection with a paper leak scam under the East Central Railway, CBI officials conducted searches at eight locations and recovered Rs 1.17 crore in cash. A case was registered against a senior divisional electrical engineer Sushant Parashar and eight other railway officials along with an …

ED raids Mumbai firm in Rs 4,500 crore fraud case, seizes overseas asset records
3 weeks, 5 days ago

ED raids Mumbai firm in Rs 4,500 crore fraud case, seizes overseas asset records

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on four premises linked to a Mumbai-based firm and its promoters in connection with a Rs 4,500 crore investment fraud case, in which approximately five lakh investors were duped, officials said on Monday. During the searches, various documents containing details of overseas assets currently being operated by family members of the main accused, the late …

ED interrogates Congress's Malkeet Singh Gaidu on capital used for construction of party offices
1 month ago

ED interrogates Congress's Malkeet Singh Gaidu on capital used for construction of party offices

New Indian Express  

The central probe agency has seized incriminating documents and digital records allegedly linked to the scam from the premises owned by Lakhma and further examined it. There remains an inkling with the federal probe agency that the Congress offices in both places were built with the resources acquired through corrupt means during the tenure of Lakhma. Sources informed that the …

ED attaches ₹11.07 cr assets in FCCB fraud
1 month, 1 week ago

ED attaches ₹11.07 cr assets in FCCB fraud

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of Enforcement Directorate has attached provisionally assets worth ₹11.07 crore as part of its money-laundering investigation against a private firm, Geodesic Limited, and others in connection with a case related to the alleged defrauding of holders of Foreign Currency Convertible Bond, of USD 125 million. ED attaches ₹ 11.07 cr assets in FCCB fraud The attachments …

Two arrested for fake ED ₹20-cr extortion raid at South Delhi farmhouse
1 month, 1 week ago

Two arrested for fake ED ₹20-cr extortion raid at South Delhi farmhouse

Hindustan Times  

Two men have been arrested in connection with the attempted extortion case of ₹20 crore where seven men allegedly posing as Enforcement Directorate officers, barged into a businessman’s house in DLF Farms, Chhatarpur and threatened to arrest him. The alleged incident happened on October 21 last year, when the accused reached the 56-year-old businessman’s house at 11.15pm. The alleged incident …

President Droupadi Murmu grants prosecution sanction against AAP leader Satyendar Jain in ED investigation
1 month, 1 week ago

President Droupadi Murmu grants prosecution sanction against AAP leader Satyendar Jain in ED investigation

The Hindu  

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday accorded sanction to prosecute Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain in a money-laundering case being investigated by the Directorate of Enforcement, a senior government official said on Friday. The prosecution sanction against Mr. Jain was sought by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs under Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha …

ED Conducts Searches in Kerala Over Alleged Fake CSR Fund Scam
1 month, 1 week ago

ED Conducts Searches in Kerala Over Alleged Fake CSR Fund Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Kerala in connection with the alleged fake CSR fund scam, in which fraudsters duped many people of their funds by falsely promising to offer laptops, two-wheelers and home appliances at half the price.Official sources said the entities, trusts and individuals who have "received" money from Anandu Krishnan, …

Karnataka High Court Allows ED To Access Aadhar Database For Probing Case Under PMLA
1 month, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Allows ED To Access Aadhar Database For Probing Case Under PMLA

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has allowed a petition filed by Enforcement Directorate and directed the Unique Identification Authority of India to permit ED to examine the Aadhar database of 21 persons including the identity information or authentication records, while probing a case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. A single judge, Justice Hemant Chandangoudar while allowing the petition …

ED raids 12 locations in Mumbai in bank fraud case linked to Pushpak Bullion
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED raids 12 locations in Mumbai in bank fraud case linked to Pushpak Bullion

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted search operations at 12 locations in Mumbai as part of an ongoing probe into an alleged bank fraud case involving Pushpak Bullion Pvt Ltd, its director Chandrakant Patel, Rialto Exim Pvt Ltd among others. Notably, the investigation carried out by the ED against Pushpak Bullion Pvt Ltd in 2022, also uncovered links between the …

Gujarat: ED seizes Rs 1,646 crore from US-wanted scammer in biggest crypto fraud
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat: ED seizes Rs 1,646 crore from US-wanted scammer in biggest crypto fraud

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate has seized cryptocurrencies worth approximately Rs 1,646 crore in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, as part of its investigation into the massive BitConnect scam. The case revolves around Satish Kumbhani, the founder of the now-defunct crypto investment platform BitConnect, who has been under the scrutiny of the US Department of Justice for orchestrating one of the world's largest cryptocurrency frauds. …

ED attaches moveable property in alleged disproportionate assets case against former U.P. Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED attaches moveable property in alleged disproportionate assets case against former U.P. Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached ₹60 lakh in moveable property belonging to Anil Kumar Prajapati, son of former Uttar Pradesh Mining Minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, in connection with an alleged disproportionate assets case. “ED investigation revealed that Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, while holding the post of Mining Minister of Uttar Pradesh, misused his official position and had acquired huge assets …

ED arrests former MP transport dept constable, key aides in money laundering case
1 month, 2 weeks ago

ED arrests former MP transport dept constable, key aides in money laundering case

New Indian Express  

BHOPAL: Nearly 50 days after lodging a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against ‘crorepati’ Saurabh Sharma, the Enforcement Directorate has finally made the first arrests. The ED’s Bhopal Zonal Office has arrested three persons, including the ex-constable Saurabh Sharma and his two key business partners Sharad Jaiswal and Chetan Singh Gaur, the ED said in its official …

Delhi court summons ED director over failure to provide documents in ₹88-crore SEBI fraud case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi court summons ED director over failure to provide documents in ₹88-crore SEBI fraud case

The Hindu  

A Delhi court has recently summoned the Enforcement Directorate director over the Central agency’s failure to supply legible copies of the documents related to the case to the accused booked in ₹88-crore Securities and Exchange Board of India- related cheating and fraud case. Special Judge Aparna Swami of Patiala House Courts ordered the present director of ED, Rahul Navin, and …

Delhi Court Summons ED Director Over Failure To Provide Legible Copies Of Docs Relied Upon To Accused In ₹88 Crore Fraud Case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Court Summons ED Director Over Failure To Provide Legible Copies Of Docs Relied Upon To Accused In ₹88 Crore Fraud Case

Live Law  

The Delhi Court recently summoned the Director of the Enforcement Directorate over the ED's failure to supply legible copies of the Relied Upon Documents of its own Prosecution Complaint to the accused in connection with ₹88 Crore SEBI-related cheating and fraud case. Special Judge Aparna Swami of Patiala House Courts passed this order, noting that despite repeated adjournments in the …

ED arrests four Tamil Nadu natives linked to Chinese bogus loan apps
1 month, 3 weeks ago

ED arrests four Tamil Nadu natives linked to Chinese bogus loan apps

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Enforcement Directorate sleuths have arrested four Tamil Nadu natives over their links to China-based bogus loan apps, after a probe revealed the shell companies operated by them transferred over Rs 170 crore to their Chinese operators via Singapore since 2023. The arrested persons are Daniel Shivakumar, 37, director of Xoduz Solution in Jawahar Nagar, Chennai; Kathiravan Ravi, 42, director …

ED arrests four T.N. men in alleged ₹1,651-crore Chinese loan app scam
1 month, 4 weeks ago

ED arrests four T.N. men in alleged ₹1,651-crore Chinese loan app scam

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Daniel Selvakumar, Kathiravan Ravi, Anto Paul Prakash, and Allen Samuel, all Tamil Nadu natives, in the alleged ₹1,651-crore Chinese app loan scam. Various Chinese loan apps in APK format were circulated on social media websites. The money aggregated through online platforms was collected in the dummy/mule bank accounts opened by needy persons on a commission …

ED report aimed at influencing Lokayukta probe, claims KPCC spokesperson Lakshmana
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

ED report aimed at influencing Lokayukta probe, claims KPCC spokesperson Lakshmana

The Hindu  

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson M. Lakshmana has alleged that the report submitted by the Directorate of Enforcement to the Additional Director General of Police, Lokayukta, was only aimed at influencing the autonomous investigating agency, which is conducting a probe into the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam. Addressing a press conference in Mysuru, Mr. Lakshmana said there were no …

CBI conducts searches across Uttar Pradesh, Haryana in DA case against former IOCL Officer
1 month, 4 weeks ago

CBI conducts searches across Uttar Pradesh, Haryana in DA case against former IOCL Officer

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at five locations in two districts of Uttar Pradesh and one in Haryana on Thursday after registering a case against a former sales officer of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Noida Division. The CBI officials stated that while serving as Sales Officer/Senior Sales Officer at Meerut-I and Assistant Manager at Noida-III, Retail Sales Area, …

MUDA scam case: ED names CM Siddaramaiah, wife, officials in investigation
1 month, 4 weeks ago

MUDA scam case: ED names CM Siddaramaiah, wife, officials in investigation

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: CM Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvathy, brother-in-law Mallikarjun Swamy, land owner Devaraju and some top officials of MUDA have been named in the ED investigation into a Rs 56 crore land allotment scam. The provisional attachment order issued by the ED on January 17 for 142 sites, mostly belonging to real estate agents, indicts the CM and others as …

Karnataka High Court declares ED raid on ex-MUDA chief illegal
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court declares ED raid on ex-MUDA chief illegal

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday declared that the Enforcement Directorate’s raid on the residence of Natesha DB, former MUDA commissioner, in connection with the alleged irregularities in allotment of 14 sites to BM Parvathy, wife of CM Siddaramaiah, during his tenure, as illegal, unwarranted and abuse of law. Interestingly, the court said mere possession of a site …

Corruption case: ED attaches LIT officials’ assets worth ₹5.5 crore
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Corruption case: ED attaches LIT officials’ assets worth ₹5.5 crore

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached ₹5.58 crore worth of immovable properties and bank balances of Ludhiana Improvement Trust officials, including former chairperson Raman Bala Subramaniam, executive officer Kuljit Kaur, and others, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The New Senior Secondary School Society, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, has also been booked in the case. The ED had initiated …

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

The Hindu  

Four from Belagavi die in Maha Kumbh stampede Four persons, including a woman and her daughter, from Belagavi have died in the stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on January 29. Karnataka HC declares actions of ED against former MUDA Commissioner as ‘illegal and abuse of process of law’ The Karnataka High Court has declared as ‘unwarranted, …

₹50-crore embezzlement case: Panchkula retired section official’s residence raided; ₹3.6 cr recovered
2 months ago

₹50-crore embezzlement case: Panchkula retired section official’s residence raided; ₹3.6 cr recovered

Hindustan Times  

The Anti-Corruption Bureau, Faridabad, conducted a raid at the residence of retired section officer Shamsher Singh in Sector 26, Panchkula, as part of its investigation into a ₹50-crore embezzlement case linked to the Haryana development and panchayat department. The Anti-Corruption Bureau, Faridabad, conducted a raid at the residence of retired section officer Shamsher Singh in Sector 26, Panchkula, as part …

ED seeks sanction from Jharkhand government to prosecute IAS officer Pooja Singhal
2 months ago

ED seeks sanction from Jharkhand government to prosecute IAS officer Pooja Singhal

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: In yet another setback to the senior IAS officer and former Mines Secretary Pooja Singhal, the Enforcement Directorate has sought approval from the Jharkhand government to prosecute her in a money laundering case linked to the siphoning of MNREGA funds during her tenure as Deputy Commissioner in Khunti. As per the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023: Chapter XV: Section 218, …

Karnataka High Court pauses ED notice issued in Muda land scam case issued to Siddaramaiah’s Wife Parvathi, Karnataka Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh - Karnataka News
2 months ago

Karnataka High Court pauses ED notice issued in Muda land scam case issued to Siddaramaiah’s Wife Parvathi, Karnataka Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh - Karnataka News

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court has granted an interim stay on Enforcement Directorate summons issued to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, BM Parvathi, and Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh in connection with the Mysore Urban Development Authority land allotment scam. Meanwhile, the Karnataka High Court has quashed the Enforcement Directorate summons issued to former MUDA Commissioner DB Natesh in connection with the …

ED attaches assets worth Rs 80 crore in money laundering case against pharma company
2 months ago

ED attaches assets worth Rs 80 crore in money laundering case against pharma company

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate attached immovable assets worth nearly Rs 80 crore in connection with a money laundering case against a pharmaceutical company. The ED began its investigation based on several FIRs filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Anti-Corruption Bureau against Sharon Bio Medicine and others for allegedly committing fraud against banks by using bogus documents causing around …

ED conducts search in Kamakhya temple funds misuse case
2 months ago

ED conducts search in Kamakhya temple funds misuse case

The Hindu  

Sleuths of the Guwahati Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate conducted search operations on Wednesday in a case relating to the alleged misappropriation of funds by officials of a defunct board that administered the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. A statement issued by the ED on Thursday said the investigation was based on a first information report registered by the Crime …

Patna Railway Claims Tribunal scam: ED conducts searches at four locations
2 months ago

Patna Railway Claims Tribunal scam: ED conducts searches at four locations

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate, Patna, carried out search operations at four locations linked to judge R.K. Mittal and other advocates in a money laundering case related to the alleged Patna Railway Claims Tribunal scam. The ED initiated investigation based on the FIRs registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Patna, regarding “mass scale” irregularity/criminality in the death …

Scam-tainted IAS officer Pooja Singhal reinstated to office by Jharkhand government
2 months ago

Scam-tainted IAS officer Pooja Singhal reinstated to office by Jharkhand government

Op India  

It happens only in India where corrupt politicians thrive with impunity, corrupt “Sarkari babus” cling to their positions like barnacles and all it takes for a career comeback for a money laundering accused IAS officer is a brief stint in jail and the backing of a land scam-accused government. The dramatic episode of corruption-tainted IAS Pooja Singhal’s arrest to reinstatement …

HC faults ED for ‘mala-fide’ probe, slaps ₹1 lakh fine
2 months, 1 week ago

HC faults ED for ‘mala-fide’ probe, slaps ₹1 lakh fine

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday ruled that the Enforcement Directorate had launched a probe with “mala-fide intentions” into a contractual dispute and imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh each on the agency and the complainant in the case. HC faults ED for ‘mala-fide’ probe, slaps ₹ 1 lakh fine “The present case before me is a classic case …

Himachal scholarship scam : CBI arrests Delhi DSP in ₹2.5-cr bribery case
2 months, 1 week ago

Himachal scholarship scam : CBI arrests Delhi DSP in ₹2.5-cr bribery case

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested its deputy superintendent of police, Balbir Singh, posted at the CBI Branch-1 in Delhi, in a ₹2.5-crore bribery case linked to a scholarship scam. The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested its deputy superintendent of police, Balbir Singh, posted at the CBI Branch-1 in Delhi, in a ₹ 2.5-crore bribery case linked to a scholarship …

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