Lokesh's role to be probed, says CID
1 year, 6 months ago

Lokesh's role to be probed, says CID

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the Telugu Desam chief, has been named the main accused in the skill development scam and he was arrested and brought to Vijayawada from Nandyal in a car after he refused to board a helicopter, said AP CID’s additional DG N. Sanjay. Apart from these, Lokesh's role in the AP Fiber Net and Inner Ring Road scams will also be investigated in depth,” the additional DG said. Delving into the skill development scam, Sanjay said that funds were diverted to shell companies using fake invoices, all of which Naidu was allegedly aware of. The objections of the finance department and CS were also ignored.” ADG Sanjay said that Design Tech was the mastermind behind the deal, as a Rs58-crore software was shown to cost Rs3,000 crore.

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MP: Congress demands Lokayukta probe into ‘scam’ in transport department
1 week, 2 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 …

ED Evidence: Kurasala Kannababu's Evidence Points to Naidu's Involvement in Skill Development Scam
4 months, 3 weeks ago

ED Evidence: Kurasala Kannababu's Evidence Points to Naidu's Involvement in Skill Development Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Former minister Kurasala Kannababu claims that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has strengthened the case against Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the Skill Development Scam. He presented evidence to the High Court, demonstrating his clear involvement in the scandal. Despite solid evidence against Naidu, his supporters continue to claim his innocence, making the ED's counter a significant challenge to such …

Funds diverted from Valmiki corporation used during Lok Sabha elections, says Directorate of Enforcement
8 months, 1 week 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 …

'Let ED Do Their Job,' Says Karnataka CM on Searches in Valmiki Corporation ''Scam'' Case
8 months, 2 weeks 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 …

AP CID files case against Chandrababu Naidu, Lokesh
10 months, 3 weeks ago

AP CID files case against Chandrababu Naidu, Lokesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh CID has booked a case against Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandra Babu Naidu, his son Nara Lokesh and others, charging them with unleashing a fake campaign on the Land Titling Act. MLA Vishnu of Vijayawada Central assembly constituency reported that voters were receiving IVR calls with messages urging them not to vote for YS Jagan Mohan …

Chandrababu Naidu named main accused by CID in AP Fibernet Scam case
1 year, 1 month ago

Chandrababu Naidu named main accused by CID in AP Fibernet Scam case

India Today  

Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu has been named the main accused in a chargesheet filed by the Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh Police, in connection with the Rs 114-crore AP Fibernet Scam case. Besides Naidu, the CID also named V Hari Krishna Prasad, managing director, Net India, Hyderabad, and K Sambasiva Rao, IRTS officer, as the other …

ED conducts raids on AAP MP ND Gupta and Arvind Kejriwal’s secretary
1 year, 1 month ago

ED conducts raids on AAP MP ND Gupta and Arvind Kejriwal’s secretary

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday launched raids on Bibhav Kumar, the personal secretary of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha member ND Gupta and others in connection with a money laundering probe related to siphoning of funds from the Delhi Jal Board, people familiar with the development said. The agency had, on January 31, arrested Jagdish Kumar Arora and …

Land-for-jobs scam: ED arrests 'associate' of Lalu Prasad's family
1 year, 4 months ago

Land-for-jobs scam: ED arrests 'associate' of Lalu Prasad's family

India TV News  

Land-for-jobs scam: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an alleged associate of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son Tejashwi Yadav in connection with a money laundering probe into the alleged land-for-jobs scam case, official sources said on Saturday. The ED had raided the premises of Katyal in March when it had also covered the premises of Lalu Prasad, Bihar …

Lokesh meets Amit Shah, expresses concern over threat to Chandrababu Naidu\'s life
1 year, 5 months ago

Lokesh meets Amit Shah, expresses concern over threat to Chandrababu Naidu\'s life

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: Hours after TDP leader Nara Lokesh was grilled by the Andhra Pradesh CID in connection with the Amaravati Inner Ring Road Scam case, the former minister met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Wednesday night. In a message posted on social media platform X, Lokesh said he apprised Shah of the "blatant misuse" of state …

AP CID questions Lokesh for six hours
1 year, 5 months ago

AP CID questions Lokesh for six hours

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The AP CID on Tuesday questioned TD national general-secretary Nara Lokesh for six hours about his alleged involvement in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road alignment scam. The CID sources said Lokesh remained silent for many of the questions. The main charge against Nara Lokesh is that he changed the alignment of the inner ring road in a manner that …

Inner Ring Road Scam: TDP Leader Nara Lokesh Says Answers to 49 of 50 Questions Posed by CID Available on Google
1 year, 5 months ago

Inner Ring Road Scam: TDP Leader Nara Lokesh Says Answers to 49 of 50 Questions Posed by CID Available on Google

News 18  

Telugu Desam Party national general secretary, Nara Lokesh on Tuesday said that the answers to 49 of 50 questions the Andhra Pradesh CID posed to him during a six-hour-long interrogation in connection with the Amaravati Inner Ring Road scam case, are available on Google. Talking to media after the CID questioning, Lokesh said the first question that they asked was …

Andhra Pradesh CID Commences Interrogation of TDP Leader Lokesh in Inner Ring Road Scam Case
1 year, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh CID Commences Interrogation of TDP Leader Lokesh in Inner Ring Road Scam Case

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh CID on Tuesday initiated the interrogation of TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh in connection with the Amaravati Inner Ring Road scam case. The Crime Investigation Department served a notice to Lokesh, son of former Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, to appear for questioning in the Inner Ring Road case. The case pertains to “manipulating” the master …

Andhra CID Serves Notice to TDP Leader Nara Lokesh for Questioning in Inner Ring Road Scam Case
1 year, 5 months ago

Andhra CID Serves Notice to TDP Leader Nara Lokesh for Questioning in Inner Ring Road Scam Case

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh Police served a notice to TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh in New Delhi on Saturday, summoning him to appear on October 4 for questioning in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road scam case. Recently, the CID filed a memo in a court here naming Lokesh as accused number 14 in the Amaravati Inner Ring Road Scam case. The …

AP CID hits Delhi to trace' Lokesh
1 year, 5 months ago

AP CID hits Delhi to trace' Lokesh

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: A team of the AP Crime Investigation Department was on the lookout for Telugu Desam national general secretary Nara Lokesh in New Delhi on Friday to serve a ‘notice’ seeking his presence to probe irregularities in the alignment of Amaravati Inner Ring Road. “It would be difficult for him to attend the probe at short notice.” After hearing both …

Naidu accused in four scams: Roja
1 year, 5 months ago

Naidu accused in four scams: Roja

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: While N. Chandrababu Naidu is being presented before the law as a criminal in multiple scams, his wife Bhuvaneswari and daughter-in-law Brahmani were likely involved in the concealment of stolen money, state tourism minister R.K. Roja alleged on Wednesday. She alleged that “a small thief is touring the national capital Delhi to save the big thief.” While Lokesh met …

Naidu prime accused in APSSDC scam, AP students cheated: Buggana
1 year, 6 months ago

Naidu prime accused in APSSDC scam, AP students cheated: Buggana

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Finance minister Buggana Rajendranath has rejected the Telugu Desam’s contentions and stressed that Nara Chandrababu Naidu masterminded the multi-crore APSSDC scam. “Chandrababu Naidu has been arrested with proper evidence,” the minister said during a short discussion on the Skill Development scam in the state Assembly on Friday. Giving a detailed power-point presentation on the APSSDC scam in the Assembly …

Naidu overruled officials' recommendations: AP CID
1 year, 6 months ago

Naidu overruled officials' recommendations: AP CID

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: State CID additional DG, N Sanjay, has said former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu is the prime accused in the AP Skill Development scam. The ADG took a jibe at TD general secretary Nara Lokesh for attempting to “spin a deliberate lie” in relation to the skill development scam. Consequently, his evaluation report heavily relied on the content of …

Lokesh in Delhi to meet leaders of parties and seek their support for Naidu
1 year, 6 months ago

Lokesh in Delhi to meet leaders of parties and seek their support for Naidu

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Telugu Desam general secretary Nara Lokesh is holding meetings in New Delhi with leaders of several political parties to mobilise support from them for his father and TD chief Chandrababu Naidu, currently under arrest and remand in the Central Prison, Rajahmundry. From Friday morning, the two started meeting leaders of various political parties to explain to them the “injustice” …

AP skill development scam: Naidu ignored babus' objections
1 year, 6 months ago

AP skill development scam: Naidu ignored babus' objections

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The skill development scam in Andhra Pradesh, in which former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was arrested, is a classic case of corruption of the Telugu Desam government awarding Rs 370 crore project to a private company on nomination basis without inviting tenders and releasing 90 per cent of the project cost without even evaluating the actual cost of …

‘Money trail very clear’: Andhra CID on Chandrababu Naidu's arrest
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Money trail very clear’: Andhra CID on Chandrababu Naidu's arrest

Hindustan Times  

Amid the protests over the arrest of Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, the Additional DG of the Criminal Investigation Department Sanjay on Wednesday said that the money trail is “very clear” in the multi-crore skill development scam. TDP president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu According to the Andhra CID, it is a “very clear case of …

‘Money trail is very clearly seen’: Andhra CID on N Chandrababu Naidu
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Money trail is very clearly seen’: Andhra CID on N Chandrababu Naidu

Live Mint  

The Criminal Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh claims to have traced a clear money trail in a government-funded skill development project, linking it to the Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu. "In this case, a government corporation was formed and it was exclusively formed for this purpose of skill development and the proposal was moved by some private individuals.The …

Huge amount diverted, Chandrababu Naidu actively involved: Andhra top cop
1 year, 6 months ago

Huge amount diverted, Chandrababu Naidu actively involved: Andhra top cop

India Today  

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who was arrested in a Rs 300 crore financial fraud case, was actively involved in diverting huge amounts of money from the government to private entities, Chief of Andhra Police's Crime Investigation Department, N Sanjay, said on Wednesday. Addressing the media, the CID chief pointed out the alleged involvement of the former Chief …

DC Edit | Naidu's arrest: All corrupt leaders must be punished
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Naidu's arrest: All corrupt leaders must be punished

Deccan Chronicle  

There is an unmistakable trace of schadenfreude in the public reaction to the arrest of any prominent political leader, especially one who has had a long stint in power, self-righteous overtones to his career’s narrative and never faced the brunt of the laws he himself must have helped carve. Such an arrest, as in the recent case of former Andhra …

Naidu main accused, Lokesh's Role to be Probed: AP CID
1 year, 6 months ago

Naidu main accused, Lokesh's Role to be Probed: AP CID

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh CID informed that it has arrested Telugu Desam chief and former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the main accused in the skill development scam case on Saturday. He is the main accused in the skill development scam, the main conspirator in the scam, and he is also the final beneficiary. He needs to be questioned to get …

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu arrested in A.P. Skill Development corruption case
1 year, 6 months ago

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu arrested in A.P. Skill Development corruption case

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department on September 9 said that former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was the principal conspirator and “accused no 1” in the ₹371 crore skill development scam. The agency further said that the government order was issued under Mr. Naidu’s instructions, intending to cause wrongful loss to the public exchequer and gain to private individuals. In …

Minister seeks ED probe into Naidu's financial dealings
1 year, 6 months ago

Minister seeks ED probe into Naidu's financial dealings

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Industries and IT minister Gudivada Amarnath has sought a probe by the Enforcement Directorate into the financial dealings of TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu. He pointed out that the IT department has issued show cause notices on the former chief minister about transactions of over Rs 118 crore via-a-vis the Amaravati capital constructions. Naidu influenced and managed institutions to …

ED attaches ₹100 crore assets in IDBI Bank, Kisan Credit Card fraud case
3 years, 3 months ago

ED attaches ₹100 crore assets in IDBI Bank, Kisan Credit Card fraud case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹100 crore of a businessman and his family members for allegedly cheating the IDBI Bank by fraudulently taking Kisan Credit Card loans. The ED’s money laundering probe is based on a First Information Report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against Satyanarayana and others for allegedly taking KCC fish tank loans to …

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