₹11 crore cash seized during IT raids on Trinamool MLA
1 year, 11 months ago

₹11 crore cash seized during IT raids on Trinamool MLA

The Hindu  

The Income Tax department has seized cash worth ₹11.02 crore during raids on the residence and business establishments of Trinamool Congress leader and former West Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain. Mr. Hossain, a prominent businessman and beedi baron is an MLA from Jangipur Assembly seat in Murshidabad district. Reacting to the development, Mr. Hossain said that he tried to extend cooperation to the investigators but the official did not behave properly. Cash and valuables worth ₹50 crore were recovered from the residence of an aide of former Trinamool Congress Minister Partha Chatterjee.

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ED seizes assets worth ₹3.9 crore in money laundering probe
1 week, 5 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 …

Massive Cash Seized in Pune: Opposition Alleges Distribution Ahead of Maharashtra Elections
2 months ago

Massive Cash Seized in Pune: Opposition Alleges Distribution Ahead of Maharashtra Elections

Live Mint  

A significant cash seizure has occurred in Pune, Maharashtra. Unaccounted cash worth ₹5 crore was found in a car during a vehicle check. The police have questioned four individuals in the car, including the driver, and handed over the cash to the Income Tax Department for further investigation. The Opposition has expressed concerns about the incident, alleging that it is …

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 …

₹2,000-crore ‘scam’: Ex-minister Ashu in judicial custody
4 months, 1 week ago

₹2,000-crore ‘scam’: Ex-minister Ashu in judicial custody

Hindustan Times  

The additional sessions court here on Monday sent former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu to judicial custody in connection with an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case. Bharat Bhushan Ashu Ashu, who was arrested by the ED on August 1, had been in the central agency’s custody since August 2. In August last …

Haryana: Six held with ₹13.66 lakh in fake currency notes
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana: Six held with ₹13.66 lakh in fake currency notes

Hindustan Times  

Six members of a gang involved in printing and circulating fake currency notes were arrested after raids at Yamunanagar and Panchkula districts, said CIA-1 unit of the Yamunanagar police on Saturday. The police seized fake currency notes worth ₹13.66 lakh, a printer, a laptop and plain papers during the raids. An amount of ₹91,200 in fake currency notes was recovered …

₹264 cr fraudulent TDS refunds: ED attaches assets including Malabar Hill flat, lands in Khandala and Lonavala
5 months, 1 week ago

₹264 cr fraudulent TDS refunds: ED attaches assets including Malabar Hill flat, lands in Khandala and Lonavala

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth ₹14.02 crore in its money-laundering investigation linked to an alleged fraudulent withdrawal of TDS refunds totalling ₹263.95 crore from the Income Tax department. HT Image The attached assets comprise a flat in Malabar Hill, land parcels in Lonavala and Khandala, bank balances, insurance policies, and fixed deposits, estimated …

Enforcement Directorate seizes ₹37 crore worth deposits, cash in Ponzi case
6 months ago

Enforcement Directorate seizes ₹37 crore worth deposits, cash in Ponzi case

The Hindu  

Bank and demat account deposits apart from cash worth about ₹37 crore has been seized by the Enforcement Directorate as part of a money-laundering probe against a Mumbai-based financial consultant and his company who are alleged to have duped investors of ₹600 crore through a Ponzi scheme. The Enforcement Directorate case of money-laundering stems from a Mumbai Police FIR that …

At ₹558 crore, highest-ever pre-poll seizures made in Karnataka
7 months, 2 weeks ago

At ₹558 crore, highest-ever pre-poll seizures made in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Election Commission seized a whopping ₹557.69 crore from March 16, when the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha election came into force, until the end of the final phase of polling on May 7 in the State. The seizures include ₹151 crore in cash, liquor worth ₹42 crore, drugs worth ₹126 crore, gold worth ₹71 crore, and …

ED seizes over 34 crore cash in raids from house help of Jharkhand minister's aide
7 months, 2 weeks ago

ED seizes over 34 crore cash in raids from house help of Jharkhand minister's aide

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday recovered a huge amount of "unaccounted cash", estimated to be Rs 34.23 crore from the premises of the house help of Sanjiv Lal, personal secretary of Jharkhand Minister Alamgir Alam. The raids are in connection with an ongoing investigation into a money laundering case against Virendra K Ram, former chief engineer of the Jharkhand Rural …

Seizure of ₹3.99 crore | Madras High Court orders notice to ED on plea to take action against BJP’s Nainar Nagenthran and Congress’s C. Robert Bruce
8 months ago

Seizure of ₹3.99 crore | Madras High Court orders notice to ED on plea to take action against BJP’s Nainar Nagenthran and Congress’s C. Robert Bruce

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Monday, April 22, 2024, ordered notice to Enforcement Directorate on a plea to take action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 with respect to the seizure of ₹3.99 crore from three train passengers at Tambaram railway station in Chennai on April 7, and another reported seizure of ₹28.5 lakh from DMK’s Tirunelveli East …

Bengal ration scam: ED attaches 2 houses of ex-TMC minister Jyotipriya Mallick
8 months, 1 week ago

Bengal ration scam: ED attaches 2 houses of ex-TMC minister Jyotipriya Mallick

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has attached two houses of former West Bengal food minister Jyotipriya Mallick, who was arrested by the federal agency in October last year, in connection with the alleged ration distribution scam. “ED has provisionally attached various assets of book value of ₹50.47 crore allegedly acquired out of proceeds of crime derived from the ration scam. The attached …

Arunachal Pradesh Assembly polls | Flying squad seizes over ₹9 lakh
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Arunachal Pradesh Assembly polls | Flying squad seizes over ₹9 lakh

The Hindu  

The flying squad and the static surveillance teams appointed by the Election Commission, along with police, on Monday, April 8, 2024, seized cash and other materials worth Rs 11,48,335 from various districts of Arunachal Pradesh, an official said here. During the interception of vehicles at various checkpoints in the State, the teams seized ₹9,81,700, in cash, he said. The teams …

₹1.09 cr seized from bus passengers in Jharkhand’s Giridih, 3 detained: Police
8 months, 3 weeks ago

₹1.09 cr seized from bus passengers in Jharkhand’s Giridih, 3 detained: Police

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Police in the wee hours on Thursday seized Rs.1.09 crore cash from two bus passengers travelling from Gaya in Bihar to West Bengal, officials said. Another carrying Rs.42 lakh said he was carrying the cash of his employer to deliver someone in West Bengal,” he added. A police official familiar with the recovery said, “It appears all …

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

Cash seizures from entities owned by Congress MP to be more than ₹350 crore
1 year ago

Cash seizures from entities owned by Congress MP to be more than ₹350 crore

The Hindu  

Authorities estimate that an I-T cash seizure in Odisha is likely to be over ₹ 350 crore. The highest cash seizure was made in Sudapada locality of Balangir town where 176 bags containing currency notes of different denominations were traced. ₹ 305 crore in Balangir “We have so far counted ₹ 270 crore in Balangir branch of State Bank of …

Tax raids at Congress MP's premises continue in Odisha, Jharkhand; more cash seized
1 year ago

Tax raids at Congress MP's premises continue in Odisha, Jharkhand; more cash seized

India Today  

Tax raids continued at the premises of Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu in Odisha and Jharkhand on Saturday, even as more than Rs 200 crore of unaccounted cash has been recovered so far. In the latest development, the Income Tax teams seized three more bags from Dheeraj Sahu's premises in Ranchi, while nearly 19 bags of money …

Congress distances itself from MP amid Rs 300 crore cash haul in tax raid
1 year ago

Congress distances itself from MP amid Rs 300 crore cash haul in tax raid

India Today  

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said the party "is in no way connected with the businesses" of Dheeraj Sahu, the MP in whose premises the Income Tax Department has recovered close to Rs 300 crore of unaccounted cash. The cash was recovered during raids by the Income Tax Department at several locations linked to Dheeraj Sahu in Odisha …

Over Rs 200 crore in cash and counting: Congress MP raided in Odisha, Jharkhand
1 year ago

Over Rs 200 crore in cash and counting: Congress MP raided in Odisha, Jharkhand

India Today  

Cash worth more than Rs 200 crore was recovered from several locations linked to Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu in Odisha and Jharkhand on Friday, according to sources. The cash was found stashed in an almirah, after which the tax department extended their searches to various locations, including the house, office, and country liquor distillery in Sundargarh …

CBI recovers over ₹28 lakh cash from residence of Trinamool MLA during raids in connection with recruitment scam
1 year ago

CBI recovers over ₹28 lakh cash from residence of Trinamool MLA during raids in connection with recruitment scam

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation recovered cash from the residence of a Trinamool Congress MLA during raids conducted over his alleged involvement in irregularities in school recruitment scam, said officials. Cash amounting to over ₹28 lakhs was recovered from the residence of Jafikul Islam, Trinamool Congress MLA from Domkal in State’s Murshidabad district. Several leaders of Trinamool Congress, including former …

Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar hits back at BJP, says cash recovered from IT raids is linked to it
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar hits back at BJP, says cash recovered from IT raids is linked to it

India TV News  

Reacting to the recovery of huge amounts of cash during IT department raids in Karnataka, the state Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the Bharatiya Janata Party is behind the corruption and the BJP is the foundation of corruption. Earlier, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday targeted Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi after Income Tax sleuths recovered more …

Karnataka: 'Rahul Gandhi will you remain silent?' asks BJP on recovery of Rs 50 crore in I-T raids
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka: 'Rahul Gandhi will you remain silent?' asks BJP on recovery of Rs 50 crore in I-T raids

India TV News  

Karnataka: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday lashed out at Congress and the Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi after Income Tax sleuths recovered more than Rs 50 crore cash during raids in Karnataka. On recovery of Rs 50 crores in raids in Karnataka, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad attacked Rahul Gandhi and asked, "It is a huge thing …

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 …

IT dept finds ₹1 crore on tree during raids at Cong leader’s brother’s home
1 year, 7 months ago

IT dept finds ₹1 crore on tree during raids at Cong leader’s brother’s home

Live Mint  

The Income Tax Department on Thursday raided the residence of the Karnataka Congress leader's brother who has allegedly hidden ₹1 crore cash in a tree. Subramania Rai, brother of Karnataka Congress leader Ashok Kumar Rai was raided by IT department officials. The visuals which went viral on social media platforms show that the IT department officials were recording the video …

₹11-crore coin fraud case: CBI searches 5 locations in Punjab’s Faridkot
1 year, 8 months ago

₹11-crore coin fraud case: CBI searches 5 locations in Punjab’s Faridkot

Hindustan Times  

Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted searches at five locations in Faridkot district’s Jaitu subdivision in connection with an alleged fraud case wherein coins worth ₹11 crore had gone missing from the vaults of a State Bank of India branch in Rajasthan’s Karauli. Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted searches at five locations in Faridkot district’s Jaitu subdivision …

Ahead of Karnataka polls, unaccounted cash of ₹1 crore seized in Bengaluru
1 year, 8 months ago

Ahead of Karnataka polls, unaccounted cash of ₹1 crore seized in Bengaluru

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of Karnataka assembly elections, the Bengaluru police on Thursday caught two men with ₹1 crore unaccounted cash in an auto-rickshaw near the city market. Due to Assembly elections in the state Model Code of Conduct in place in which moving a large sum of cash without proper documents is not permitted. READ | I-T search in Karnataka's co-op banks …

‘Rumours’, says Tejashwi on ED claims of ₹600 crore ‘proceeds of crime’ detected during raids
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Rumours’, says Tejashwi on ED claims of ₹600 crore ‘proceeds of crime’ detected during raids

The Hindu  

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has dubbed as "rumours" the claim of the Enforcement Directorate that proceeds of crime amounting to ₹600 crore were detected during searches on premises owned by him and close family members. "Just recall, in 2007, transactions worth ₹8,000 crore, including a mall and hundreds of land plots, were alleged," tweeted Mr. Yadav, in an …

₹1 cr cash, ₹600 cr crime proceeds found in raids: ED on land-for-jobs scam
1 year, 9 months ago

₹1 cr cash, ₹600 cr crime proceeds found in raids: ED on land-for-jobs scam

Live Mint  

The Enforcement Directorate has seized "unaccounted cash" worth ₹1 crore during raids against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad's family. The probe body said on Saturday that it had also detected proceeds of crime worth ₹600 crore as it probes the railways land for job 'scam' linked money laundering case. Raids were also conducted at the residence of Lalu Prasad's …

₹70 lakh cash, 1.5 kg gold jewellery found in raids on Tejashwi Yadav, sisters
1 year, 9 months ago

₹70 lakh cash, 1.5 kg gold jewellery found in raids on Tejashwi Yadav, sisters

Hindustan Times  

UPDATE | ₹1 cr cash, ₹600 cr crime proceeds in raids on Lalu Yadav's family A view of Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav's Delhi residence where Enforcement Directorate conducted raids in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam. The Enforcement Directorate recovered ₹70 lakh cash, 1.5 kg gold jewellery, 540 grams of gold bullion and foreign currency, including 900 US …

Lokayukta police find ₹6 crore in residence of Channagiri MLA's son
1 year, 9 months ago

Lokayukta police find ₹6 crore in residence of Channagiri MLA's son

The Hindu  

Lokayukta police, who raided the residence of Prashanth Madal, Chief Accountant of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, have seized ₹6 crore in cash. On March 2, Prashanth was caught red-handed by Lokayukta police while allegedly taking a bribe of ₹40 lakh on behalf of his father Channagiri MLA Madal Virupakshappa. The ₹6 crore found in the Dollar’s Colony residence …

Karnataka: Lokayukta catches BJP MLA's son with ₹40 lakh bribe money
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka: Lokayukta catches BJP MLA's son with ₹40 lakh bribe money

Hindustan Times  

In a shocking discovery, the Karnataka Lokayukta found ₹40 lakh cash at BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's office on Bengaluru's Crescent Road on Thursday, alleged to be bribe money. The anti-corruption wing of the Lokayukta raided Madal's office and caught his son, Prashanth Madal, who is a KAS officer, red-handed while he was taking the bribe from a contractor for a …

ED finds ₹1.4 crore cash in raid, links it to ‘influential political person’
1 year, 10 months ago

ED finds ₹1.4 crore cash in raid, links it to ‘influential political person’

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: A ‘highly influential political person’ was trying to invest money allegedly generated from coal smuggling to purchase a guest house in south Kolkata at an undervalued price, the Enforcement Directorate said in a statement on Thursday. “A specific intelligence input was gathered that one highly influential political person was making an attempt to launder the proceeds of crime originating …

₹1.74 lakh unaccounted for cash seized - The Hindu
1 year, 10 months ago

₹1.74 lakh unaccounted for cash seized - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Election officials seized unaccounted for cash to the tune of ₹1.74 lakh from a 39-year-old man in Erode on Wednesday night. The car driver could not produce any documents for the cash he was carrying, and the team seized the cash and handed it over to the Returning Officer and Corporation Commissioner, K. Sivakumar. So far, the teams have seized …

More than ₹23 lakh cash, alcohol seized in poll-bound Meghalaya
1 year, 10 months ago

More than ₹23 lakh cash, alcohol seized in poll-bound Meghalaya

The Hindu  

Over ₹23 lakh cash and alcohol valued at over ₹11000 were seized by EC personnel in West Garo Hills district of poll-bound Meghalaya in the past 24 hours, State Chief Electoral Officer F.R. "Unaccounted cash of Rs 8.96 lakh and alcohol worth over Rs 8,000 were seized in West Garo Hills district on Thursday. Today another Rs 14.9 lakh unaccounted …

I-T Raids at TMC MLA's Properties, Rs 11 Crore in Cash Seized
1 year, 11 months ago

I-T Raids at TMC MLA's Properties, Rs 11 Crore in Cash Seized

News 18  

The Income Tax Department seized Rs 11 crore in cash from properties linked to West Bengal TMC MLA Jakir Hossain in Murshidabad, Kolkata and New Delhi, an official said on Thursday. Hossain said the tax officials seized “a little money” from his residence which was meant to purchase rice from rice mills. Last year, nearly Rs 50 crore in cash …

Around ₹11cr seized after IT raids at ex-minister’s house, mill in WB: Official
1 year, 11 months ago

Around ₹11cr seized after IT raids at ex-minister’s house, mill in WB: Official

Hindustan Times  

The income tax department seized around ₹11crore cash from the residence and factory of former minister and Trinamool Congress legislator Zakir Hossain during raids that started on Wednesday morning and continued till around 3:30am on Thursday. The former minister’s house, beedi factory and oil mills in Murshidabad district were raided. Hossain is the TMC MLA from Jangipur in Murshidabad district …

Over Rs 10 crore in cash seized from TMC MLA Jakir Hossain's properties
1 year, 11 months ago

Over Rs 10 crore in cash seized from TMC MLA Jakir Hossain's properties

India Today  

The Income Tax department raided and seized huge quantities of currency notes from properties of TMC MLA Jakir Hossain in Murshidabad and Kolkata on Thursday. A total of Rs 10.90 crore was recovered from Jakir Hussain's office in Murshidabad, I-T department sources told India Today. READ | Partha Chatterjee in 'cash-22' as more notes tumble out, loses all posts On …

IT raids on three firms in Ludhiana: Cash, jewellery worth ₹11-crore seized
2 years ago

IT raids on three firms in Ludhiana: Cash, jewellery worth ₹11-crore seized

Hindustan Times  

The officials of the Income Tax department have seized cash and jewellery worth ₹11-crore from different premises of the two jewellers and a departmental store, which were raided from November 24 to 26. The raids were carried out at Nikkamal Jewellers on Mall road, Sardar Jewellers near Aarti chowk and Mani Ram Balwant Rai in Ludhiana. The raids were carried …

BJP’s bid to poach TRS MLAs would boomerang, says Kumaraswamy
2 years, 1 month ago

BJP’s bid to poach TRS MLAs would boomerang, says Kumaraswamy

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s attempt to poach MLAs of opposition parties to form its government would boomerang on the party in coming days, observed former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was reacting to BJP’s reported indulgence in poaching MLAs of ruling Telangana Rashtriya Samiti in Telangana. He told media persons here that “BJP would not succeed in destabilising the TRS …

Excise policy case: ED seizes ₹1 crore cash after raids at 35 locations
2 years, 2 months ago

Excise policy case: ED seizes ₹1 crore cash after raids at 35 locations

Live Mint  

The Enforcement Directorate has seized about ₹1 crore in cash after raids conducted in about 35 locations in connection with a money laundering investigation into the alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, news agency PTI has reported citing official sources. The CBI inquiry was recommended on the findings of the Delhi chief secretary's report filed in July showing …

West Bengal’s Money Matters: Are the Cash Hauls by Agencies 'Sudden'? Recent Raids in a Nut'Shell'
2 years, 3 months ago

West Bengal’s Money Matters: Are the Cash Hauls by Agencies 'Sudden'? Recent Raids in a Nut'Shell'

News 18  

Over the past two months, the central as well as state investigating agencies have made major cash recoveries in West Bengal. · On July 23, the Enforcement Directorate seized Rs 21.2 crore in cash from one of the apartments of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of discredited Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, from her upscale Diamond City apartment near Tollygunge …

Series of cash seizures by Central agencies in Bengal puts Trinamool in a tight spot
2 years, 3 months ago

Series of cash seizures by Central agencies in Bengal puts Trinamool in a tight spot

The Hindu  

As battle lines are drawn between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party over the role of Central investigating agencies, the recent ‘seizures’ of large amounts of cash has put the West Bengal’s ruling party in a tight spot. The recent seizures began on July 23, when cash valued at ₹23 crore along with gold ornaments was seized by …

Bengal: CBI raids TMC MLA Subodh Adhikari's house in chit-fund scam case
2 years, 3 months ago

Bengal: CBI raids TMC MLA Subodh Adhikari's house in chit-fund scam case

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday raided several locations in North 24 Parganas including the residence of Bijpur TMC MLA Subodh Adhikari in connection to Halishahar municipality chairman’ chit fund scam. A CBI delegation also visited the house of Kamal Adhikari, brother of Subodh Adhikari and the chairman of Kanchrapara Municipality. A total of six teams are conducting raids …

CBI arrests Trinamool leader in chit fund scam, recovers Rs 80 lakh
2 years, 3 months ago

CBI arrests Trinamool leader in chit fund scam, recovers Rs 80 lakh

India TV News  

Chit fund scam: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Trinamool Congress leader and the Chairman of Halisahar Municipality in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, Raju Sahani, for his alleged involvement in a major chit fund scam in the state. On late Friday afternoon, a CBI team suddenly conducted the raid and search operations at Sahani's residence at …

Enforcement Directorate interrogates Partha's aide Arpita Mukherjee in Bengal education scam
2 years, 4 months ago

Enforcement Directorate interrogates Partha's aide Arpita Mukherjee in Bengal education scam

India Today  

A five-member Enforcement Directorate team interrogated Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of sacked and arrested Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee, in Alipore women's correctional home in Kolkata in the alleged Bengal education scam on Tuesday. Former minister Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to 14-day judicial custody by a special Public Money Laundering Act court in connection …

Bengal SSC Scam: Trouble Mounts for Partha & Aide as ED Seizes More Cash; 'Conspirators Will be Exposed', Ex-Min Denies Links to Seized Money
2 years, 4 months ago

Bengal SSC Scam: Trouble Mounts for Partha & Aide as ED Seizes More Cash; 'Conspirators Will be Exposed', Ex-Min Denies Links to Seized Money

News 18  

Days after huge cash and kilos of gold were seized from his aide Arpita Mukherjee’s homes in Kolkata, sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee on Sunday said that the money did not belong to him. The probe agency made fresh seizures on Sunday as it seized Rs 8 crore from the bank accounts of companies linked to sacked West Bengal minister …

Bengal Police seize cash from Jharkhand Congress MLA
2 years, 4 months ago

Bengal Police seize cash from Jharkhand Congress MLA

The Hindu  

Close on the heels of Enforcement Directorate recovering about ₹50 crore from separate raids in Kolkata, the West Bengal police on Saturday, apprehended a vehicle containing cash close to ₹50 lakh. Sources said that the vehicle belonged to Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari, who represents the Congress. Mr. Kachhap is a Congress MLA from Khijri Assembly Constituency and Mr. Bixal represents …

Rs 50 Crore Cash, Rs 5 Crore Gold and Coded Diaries: The Bengal Scam Haul So Far. And Counting?
2 years, 4 months ago

Rs 50 Crore Cash, Rs 5 Crore Gold and Coded Diaries: The Bengal Scam Haul So Far. And Counting?

News 18  

The political snowstorm over the West Bengal School Service Commission scam has snowballed to the extent that leaders within Partha Chatterjee’s Trinamool Congress are demanding the sacking of the state minister arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. The alleged irregularities pertain to recruitment of Group C and D staff as well as teachers in government- As the TMC tries to navigate …

Rs 50 crore in cash, gold bars, dollars, and more: Inside Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee’s loot
2 years, 4 months ago

Rs 50 crore in cash, gold bars, dollars, and more: Inside Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee’s loot

Firstpost  

In an 18-hour raid at the house of Arpita Mukherjee, the aide of Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, the ED seized Rs 29 crore and five kg of gold. So far, Rs 50 crore has been found from Mukherjee’s flats, along with 20 mobile phones and heaps of foreign currency The school jobs scam involving West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress …

ED recovered ₹40 crore cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence so far
2 years, 4 months ago

ED recovered ₹40 crore cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence so far

Live Mint  

The Enforcement Directorate officials have recovered an amount of cash approximately ₹29 crore on Thursday morning after conducting raids at the Belgharia residence of Arpita Mukherjee yesterday, a close aid of West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee. The sleuths have found a total of ₹40 crore cash from her premises so far in connection with the teacher recruitment scam, according to …

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