CBI officials, cops scramble for pieces after ‘unknown’ docs set on fire in WB
1 year, 8 months ago

CBI officials, cops scramble for pieces after ‘unknown’ docs set on fire in WB

Live Mint  

The officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Kolkata police scrambled through the remains of unknown documents burned by unidentified persons in the Andul Garia area of Bhandar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday. At the top of the list is the teacher recruitment scam in which former minister of the West Bengal government Partha Chatterjee is the main accused. The CBI is also investigating the coal mine scam which was registered in 2020 against a group operating in the western parts of West Bengal, where Eastern Coalfields Limited manages numerous mines, of illegally extracting coal worth a substantial amount of money and selling it on the black market over multiple years. The CBI and Enforcement Directorate has summoned Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee in the case.

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Framing of charges begins in Bengal recruitment scam case
4 days, 9 hours ago

Framing of charges begins in Bengal recruitment scam case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday started the process of framing charges under Section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Sujay Krishna Bhadra over a video call in the West Bengal primary school teachers’ recruitment scam case. One of the prime accused in the case, he was presented at Kolkata’s Bankshall court virtually at 2 p.m. in front …

Calcutta High Court Denies Bail To Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, Four Others In Recruitment Scam Case
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Calcutta High Court Denies Bail To Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, Four Others In Recruitment Scam Case

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has denied bail to former education minister Partha Chatterjee and four others, namely Subiresh Bhattacharjee, Kalyanmoy Gangopadhyay, Ashok Saha and Shanti Prasad Sinha in the infamous cash-for-jobs recruitment scam.Earlier a division bench had delivered a split verdict on the bail applications of the petitioners.On this occasion Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty denied. The Calcutta High Court has denied …

Kolkata HC rejects bail pleas of Partha Chatterjee in school jobs case
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Kolkata HC rejects bail pleas of Partha Chatterjee in school jobs case

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail petitions of former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and four other ex-public servants in a CBI case over an alleged school jobs recruitment scam. Ex-West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee Besides Chatterjee, Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty also rejected the bail prayers of former West Bengal School Service Commission chairman Subires Bhattacharya, …

Follower's Castration Case: Punjab & Haryana HC Directs CBI Court To Decide Afresh Relevance Of Docs Sought By Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Follower's Castration Case: Punjab & Haryana HC Directs CBI Court To Decide Afresh Relevance Of Docs Sought By Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Friday has asked the CBI court to decide afresh in 4 weeks the relevance of certain documents including statements of witnesses sought by Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim for his defence in a case concerning the castration of his follower.It was alleged that a large number of followers were castrated at …

Bengal ex-min Partha Chatterjee granted future bail by SC in cash-for-job scam case, to be released on…
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Bengal ex-min Partha Chatterjee granted future bail by SC in cash-for-job scam case, to be released on…

Live Mint  

Supreme Court of India granted conditional future bail to former West Bengal Education minister and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee in connection with a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam. The court stipulated that upon his release, Partha Chatterjee would not be allowed to hold any public office but could continue serving as an MLA for Behala West. …

Cash-for-jobs case: SC grants future bail to ex WB minister Partha Chatterjee
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Cash-for-jobs case: SC grants future bail to ex WB minister Partha Chatterjee

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted conditional future bail to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in a money laundering case related to the cash-for-job case. Ex-West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by ED in connection with the case in July last year. The court struck a balance between the right of the accused and interest of fair …

CBI arrests advocate of bank for demanding bribe of ₹1.70 lakh
4 weeks, 2 days ago

CBI arrests advocate of bank for demanding bribe of ₹1.70 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an advocate who is a member of the panel of Indian Bank, Kolhapur for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹1.70 lakh from the complainant, the probe agency said on Tuesday. CBI conducted searches at the residential and official premises of the accused at Ichalkaranji which led to recovery of incriminating documents, said officials. …

‘Not conducive to fair probe’: SC shifts cases of BJP leader to CBI
1 month ago

‘Not conducive to fair probe’: SC shifts cases of BJP leader to CBI

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the investigation of two criminal cases against West Bengal BJP leader and advocate Kabir Shankar Bose from the state police to the Central Bureau of Investigation, stating that “the politically charged atmosphere in the State of West Bengal may not be very conducive to a fair investigation” by the local police. The bench, comprising …

RG Kar: Court refrains to accept CBI chargesheet against Sandip Ghosh in financial irregularities case
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1 month, 1 week ago

RG Kar: Court refrains to accept CBI chargesheet against Sandip Ghosh in financial irregularities case

India TV News  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed a chargesheet in connection with the RG Kar Hospital financial irregularities and named former principal of the medical establishment Sandip Ghosh as the prime accused, an official said. The official said, "Apart from Ghosh, the chargesheet includes the names of the other four arrested accused - Biplab Singh, Afsar Ali, Suman Hazra …

Supreme Court grants bail to TMC's Kuntal Ghosh in West Bengal teacher recruitment case
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court grants bail to TMC's Kuntal Ghosh in West Bengal teacher recruitment case

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kuntal Ghosh, the Trinamool Congress youth leader, in connection with the teacher recruitment scam being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. TMC leader Kuntal Ghosh was arrested by the ED on January 21, 2023, in a money laundering case and later arrested by the CBI on February 20, 2023, in connection …

Bengal school job scam: SC grants bail to ex-TMC youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in CBI case
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengal school job scam: SC grants bail to ex-TMC youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in CBI case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to former Trinamool Congress youth leader Kuntal Ghosh in a CBI case linked to the West Bengal primary school recruitment scam. The bench granted bail to Ghosh and asked him to not leave West Bengal without prior permission of the court or the investigating agency. On November 20, the Calcutta …

Bengaluru anti-corruption forum accuses BBMP of misappropriating Rs 46,300 crore
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru anti-corruption forum accuses BBMP of misappropriating Rs 46,300 crore

India Today  

NR Ramesh, president of the Anti-Corruption Forum and a BJP leader, has accused the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike of misappropriating Rs 46,300 crore of public funds over the past decade. In a complaint filed with the Enforcement Directorate, Ramesh implicates BBMP Commissioner Tushar Girinath, 18 senior IAS officers and several other officials in what could be one of India’s largest …

TMC leader arrested by CBI in Bengal school jobs scam
1 month, 2 weeks ago

TMC leader arrested by CBI in Bengal school jobs scam

The Hindu  

The CBI on Monday evening arrested a Trinamool Congress leader, a close aide of former Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee, for his alleged involvement in the school jobs scam, an official said. The TMC leader from Behala, Santu Ganguly, was held after marathon questioning by officers of the central probe agency at its city office here in connection with irregularities in …

BJP leaders move Karnataka HC seeking court-monitored CBI probe into Valmiki Development Corporation scam
1 month, 2 weeks ago

BJP leaders move Karnataka HC seeking court-monitored CBI probe into Valmiki Development Corporation scam

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday sought details of the probe that has been done so far by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the crime registered by the Union Bank of India against its officials and others concerning the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation scam. Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order while issuing notice …

Maharashtra elections: CBI begins probe into bitcoin ’scam’; six accused named in FIR
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra elections: CBI begins probe into bitcoin ’scam’; six accused named in FIR

Live Mint  

Maharashtra elections: The Central Bureau of Investigations started an investigation into the Bitcoin-based Ponzi “scam” as the agency looks into the accused persons for allegedly collecting 80,000 bitcoins and diverting the funds worth ₹6,606 crore through nine overseas firms to purchase properties abroad, reported the news agency ANI on Wednesday, November 20. The employee is allegedly linked to a Bitcoin …

Hours after ED raids, CBI summons audit company employee Gaurav Mehta in Bitcoin scam case
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hours after ED raids, CBI summons audit company employee Gaurav Mehta in Bitcoin scam case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Wednesday summoned Gaurav Mehta, an audit company employee, in connection with the over Rs 6,000-crore Gain Bitcoin ponzi scam case registered by the agency on the directions of the Supreme Court, officials said. The agency has taken over the investigation into cases related to the Gain Bitcoin Ponzi scheme registered by various state police all …

Hours after ED searches, CBI summons audit company employee Gaurav Mehta in Bitcoin scam case
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hours after ED searches, CBI summons audit company employee Gaurav Mehta in Bitcoin scam case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Wednesday summoned Gaurav Mehta, an audit company employee, to appear before it as soon as possible in connection with the Rs 6,600-crore Gain Bitcoin ponzi scam case, officials said. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the Gain Bitcoin ponzi "scam" on the directions of the Supreme Court, swung into action hours after the …

Chhattisgarh public service scam: CBI gets seven-day remand of ex-Chairman
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh public service scam: CBI gets seven-day remand of ex-Chairman

New Indian Express  

RAIPUR: A special court in Raipur has sent the former chairman of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission Taman Singh Sonwani to a seven-day remand on Tuesday following his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation probing the irregularities in recruitment process. The CBI took Sonwani into custody on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 45 lakh reportedly given by …

Karnataka HC quashes proceedings against two ED officials
2 months ago

Karnataka HC quashes proceedings against two ED officials

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday quashed proceedings initiated against Deputy Director Manoj Mittal and Assistant Director Murali Kannan of the Enforcement Directorate based on a police complaint filed by B Kallesh, Additional Director, Social Welfare Department, accusing them of forcing him to name CM Siddaramaiah and others in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scam. …

ED books Siddaramaiah in MUDA linked money-laundering case
3 months, 1 week ago

ED books Siddaramaiah in MUDA linked money-laundering case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday booked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and some others in a money-laundering case linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority, taking cognisance of a recent state Lokayukta FIR, official sources said. The FIR was lodged after a special court in Bengaluru last week ordered a Lokayukta police probe against Mr. Siddaramaiah in the case. Mr. Siddaramaiah, …

Land-for-jobs case: CBI gets sanction to prosecute Lalu
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Land-for-jobs case: CBI gets sanction to prosecute Lalu

The Hindu  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday told a Delhi court that it has obtained requisite sanctions from authorities concerned to prosecute RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad in a corruption case related to the alleged land-for-jobs scam. The court, earlier this week summoned Mr. Prasad, his sons, Tejasvi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav in the case along …

Land-for-job scam case: Delhi court summons Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi Yadav
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Land-for-job scam case: Delhi court summons Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi Yadav

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Wednesday summoned Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his sons — Tejaswi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav — in a money laundering case related to land-for-job scam. Special Judge Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court directed Mr. Prasad, his sons and six other accused persons, named in the chargesheet …

Supreme Court rejects TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's plea over ED summons in West Bengal school jobs scam
4 months ago

Supreme Court rejects TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's plea over ED summons in West Bengal school jobs scam

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and his wife, Rujira Banerjee, challenging the Enforcement Directorate summons related to a money laundering investigation in the West Bengal school jobs scam. The ED maintained that the authority under the PMLA to summon individuals for investigation is broader and not limited by the procedural requirements …

CBI starts probe into RG Kar Hospital scams; raids on in Kolkata, Howrah
4 months, 2 weeks ago

CBI starts probe into RG Kar Hospital scams; raids on in Kolkata, Howrah

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday began investigating the alleged financial scams at Kolkata’s State-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital following orders the Calcutta high court passed on Friday, officials of the federal agency said. CBI officials outside the residence of former principal of RG Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh in Kolkata on Sunday. Officials from the CBI’s …

Kolkata Doctor Case: CBI Interrogates Sandeep Ghosh for 112 Hours, Unsatisfied with Responses
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kolkata Doctor Case: CBI Interrogates Sandeep Ghosh for 112 Hours, Unsatisfied with Responses

ABP News  

The ongoing turmoil across the country over the rape and murder case of a female doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal's capital has intensified. On Saturday, August 24, a polygraph test was conducted on several individuals, including former RG Kar Medical College Principal Dr. Sandeep Ghosh, four doctors who were on duty at the time …

ED conducts searches in ₹118-crore fraudulent contracts case in Assam
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into alleged financial scams at RG Kar hospital
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into alleged financial scams at RG Kar hospital

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: The Calcutta high court on Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe allegations of financial scams at Kolkata’s state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital during the tenure of former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh, who is already under the federal agency’s scanner in the August 9 rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor. Lawyers …

Kolkata Doctor Case: Major Disclosure in CBI Interrogation of Former RG Kar Medical College Principal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata Doctor Case: Major Disclosure in CBI Interrogation of Former RG Kar Medical College Principal

ABP News  

In West Bengal, students from various medical colleges across the country are staging protests in response to the rape and subsequent murder of a female trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the case, and a bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB …

₹2,000-crore ‘scam’: Ex-minister Ashu in judicial custody
4 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Karnataka High Court notice to State govt on Union Bank of India’s plea for transfer of Maharshi Valmiki Corporation’s multi-crore scam probe to CBI
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court notice to State govt on Union Bank of India’s plea for transfer of Maharshi Valmiki Corporation’s multi-crore scam probe to CBI

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of notice to the State government on a petition filed by the Union Bank of India seeking a direction to transfer to the Central Bureau of Investigation the investigation being carried out by the State police into the multi-crore financial scam at the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Welfare Development Corporation. …

CBI takes over probe into Chhattisgarh CGPSC Chairman’s irregularities case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

CBI takes over probe into Chhattisgarh CGPSC Chairman’s irregularities case

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case on the request of State government of Chhattisgarh for investigation of cases, earlier registered at Anti-Corruption Bureau Raipur against then Chairman, then Secretary, then Controller of Examinations, all of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission and others. It has been further alleged that the son of then Chairman was allegedly selected as Deputy Collector, …

Ludhiana: 3 FCI officials among 4 in CBI net on graft charges
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana: 3 FCI officials among 4 in CBI net on graft charges

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has apprehended four persons, manager and two technical assistants of the FCI, Mullanpur Dhaka, Ludhiana, and a private person in a ₹50,000 bribery case. The Central Bureau of Investigation has apprehended four persons, manager and two technical assistants of the FCI, Mullanpur Dhaka, Ludhiana, and a private person in a ₹ 50,000 bribery case. A …

CBI books bribe case against Post department official and two others in Hyderabad
8 months ago

CBI books bribe case against Post department official and two others in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad unit of Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against an Assistant Superintendent of Posts Ch Madhavi and two Multi-Tasking Staff – B Surender Kumar and B Trilok Singh, following a complaint. 25 lakh from two accused Contingent Labourers for appointing ten Contingent Labourers as MTS. It is further alleged that one of the MTS had …

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays CBI probe into state govt officials’ role
8 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: Supreme Court stays CBI probe into state govt officials’ role

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe West Bengal government officials' role in an alleged teacher recruitment scam. The court was hearing a plea by the West Bengal government against a high court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff. The Mamata Banerjee-led state government …

Supreme Court pauses CBI probe against Bengal officials in jobs scam
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court pauses CBI probe against Bengal officials in jobs scam

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a CBI probe against West Bengal government officials in the teachers' recruitment scam case, providing relief to the Mamata Banerjee government. The government approached the top court after the Calcutta High Court cancelled the appointments of 24,000 teachers and non-teaching staff in state-run and aided schools, calling the recruitment process illegal. On April 26, …

'Future at Stake': Teachers on Losing Jobs After Calcutta HC Order in SSC Scam
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'Future at Stake': Teachers on Losing Jobs After Calcutta HC Order in SSC Scam

The Quint  

In 2016, nearly 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the state-level selection Test for 24,640 vacant teacher positions in West Bengal. In 2021, former Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay, directed to the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct a probe into the allegations. While passing its order on 22 April, the high court said: "We have given anxious consideration to …

PM Modi targets TMC government over teachers' job scam in West Bengal's Malda
8 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi targets TMC government over teachers' job scam in West Bengal's Malda

India TV News  

Amid the second phase of voting in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a scathing attack on Mamta Banejee's Trinamool Congress Party on Friday. Speaking in West Bengal's Malda, PM Modi said, "Today Bengal's honour has been lost under Trinamool rule; development has stopped. He said, "Youths of West Bengal have suffered due to the "cut-and-commission" culture of the …

ED files prosecution complaint in West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam case
8 months, 2 weeks ago

ED files prosecution complaint in West Bengal teachers’ recruitment scam case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a prosecution complaint against two persons, including an alleged middleman, and 106 companies controlled by him, in connection with the alleged assistant teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal. Among those named are the alleged middleman Prasanna Kumar Roy and Santi Prasad Sinha, the then advisor of the West Bengal School Service Commission. The ED probe …

Calcutta HC declares 'null and void' 2016 teacher recruitment test, Mamata Banerjee calls verdict 'illegal'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Calcutta HC declares 'null and void' 2016 teacher recruitment test, Mamata Banerjee calls verdict 'illegal'

India TV News  

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam: In a big setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court on Monday issued a directive nullifying all appointments made through the recruitment process of the State Level Selection Test-2016 in government- In addition to nullifying the appointments, a division bench consisting of justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi instructed the Central …

Bengal School Recruitment Scam Case: Calcutta High Court To Deliver Verdict On Monday
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengal School Recruitment Scam Case: Calcutta High Court To Deliver Verdict On Monday

ABP News  

Kolkata, Apr 20 The Calcutta High Court will on Monday pronounce its judgement on petitions and appeals relating to alleged irregularities in the selection of candidates in West Bengal government- The CBI, which investigated the case on an order of the high court, arrested former state education minister Partha Chatterjee and some functionaries who held positions in the West Bengal …

Calcutta HC pulls Bengal Chief Secretary for delay in granting prosecution sanction in school job scam
9 months ago

Calcutta HC pulls Bengal Chief Secretary for delay in granting prosecution sanction in school job scam

Op India  

On Tuesday, the Calcutta HC pulled up West Bengal Chief Secretary BP Gopalika over the delay in sanctioning prosecution in the ‘cash for jobs’ scam. The court rapped the Chief Secretary asking, “Is there any ‘level playing field’ for prosecution agencies in West Bengal?” The division bench comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Gaurang Kanth is jointly hearing the bail prayers …

ED summons Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha candidate Kirtikar in ‘khichdi scam’
9 months, 1 week ago

ED summons Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha candidate Kirtikar in ‘khichdi scam’

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on March 29 issued fresh summons to Shiv Sena leader Amol G. Kirtikar to investigate his alleged involvement in the ‘khichdi scam’. Mr. Kirtikar’s father Gajanan Kirtikar is the sitting MP from Mumbai North-West and had joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena after the party split in June 2022. The ‘scam’ emerged when in September 2023, the …

WB recruitment scam: ED raids five places, including house of state minister
9 months, 2 weeks ago

WB recruitment scam: ED raids five places, including house of state minister

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted fresh raids in at least five places across West Bengal, including at the house of state minister Chandranath Sinha in Birbhum district, in connection with the alleged multi-crore school recruitment scam in the state. Former judge of the Calcutta high court Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who ordered the probe by the central agencies into the scam, …

CBI files supplementary charge sheet in land-for-job scam
10 months ago

CBI files supplementary charge sheet in land-for-job scam

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court in the alleged land-for-job scam and named the personal secretary of former Union railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav as an accused. The supplementary charge sheet filed by the agency names three accused persons — Bhola Yadav and two job aspirants. The CBI charge sheet …

Bengal Recruitment Scam: ED Raids Premises Of Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee's Close Aide
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengal Recruitment Scam: ED Raids Premises Of Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee's Close Aide

ABP News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted raids on close aide of ex-West Bengal Education Minister and imprisoned ruling Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata. The audio clip shared by the BJP leader shows a conversation between Kalipada Pati, a TMC leader and an agent of TMC leaders Manik Bhattacharya and Partha Chatterjee, and a job aspirant who paid Rs …

West Bengal school jobs 'scam': ED raids residences, office of builder close to Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata
10 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal school jobs 'scam': ED raids residences, office of builder close to Partha Chatterjee in Kolkata

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday began raids at the residences and office of a builder, who is considered close to former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment in primary schools in the state, an official said. Accompanied by central forces, ED teams raided an office and three flats of …

ED summons Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra in FEMA case
10 months, 3 weeks ago

ED summons Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra in FEMA case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned TMC leader and former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra for questioning in a FEMA contravention case next week, official sources said on February 15. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had accused Ms. Moitra of asking questions in the Lok Sabha to target the Adani Group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the behest of businessman Darshan …

No arrest yet over Crime Branch FIR against cricket officials in multi-crore scam
11 months ago

No arrest yet over Crime Branch FIR against cricket officials in multi-crore scam

The Hindu  

The Crime Branch was yet to arrest any of the officials of the Tripura Cricket Association accused of involvement in a multi-crore scam. While the initial complaint was for the fraud of ₹12 crore, the SIT detected that the actual amount involved was ₹7 crore 35 lakh 56 thousand, which was used for the purchase and installation of four LED …

ED conducts raids in West Bengal amid MGNREGA funds controversy
11 months ago

ED conducts raids in West Bengal amid MGNREGA funds controversy

India TV News  

Simultaneous raids were launched at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with its investigation into alleged embezzlement of MGNREGA funds, officials said. While the residence of a former block development officer was raided in Salt Lake's IA Block, the personnel of the agency were also conducting searches at the house and office of a businessman in Chinsurah in Hooghly …

Land-for-job scam: ED summons Rabri Devi, daughters; asks to appear on February 9
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Land-for-job scam: ED summons Rabri Devi, daughters; asks to appear on February 9

India TV News  

Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Friday took cognizance of the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate against former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav. Charges against Katyal The Delhi High Court had refused to quash ED proceedings against Katyal, who is accused of engaging in transactions with the family members of former railways minister …

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