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How gangrape FIR & a CNG pump in Pune sent ED knocking on doors of top Bihar IAS, ex-MLA
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How gangrape FIR & a CNG pump in Pune sent ED knocking on doors of top Bihar IAS, ex-MLA

New Delhi: One of Bihar government’s most influential civil servants and a former MLA from the state’s principal opposition party allegedly entered a partnership a decade ago and went on to not only operate a CNG station out of state but also rape a woman for seven years before she reached the court seeking a case against them.These are the broader details of two related cases against IAS officer Sanjeev Hans, the principal secretary of the energy department in Bihar, and Gulab Yadav, the former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA from the Jhanjharpur assembly constituency, brought by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Bihar Police. As part of its investigation, the ED, last week, carried out raids across 20 locations over two days, covering Hans’ residence in Bihar’s Patna, his wife’s pla...
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Rao Dan Singh to Panwar, how ED’s swung into action against Haryana Congress leaders ahead of polls

The ED’s lawyer alleged that he was involved in a Rs 25 crore money laundering case. There are eight cases against him, one of which was filed by ED. This case was filed in January 2024. Panwar’s arrest came two days after the central agency raided the properties of another Congress MLA, Rao Dan Singh.Dan Singh is a four-time MLA from Mahendragarh. His properties in five cities, including Mahendragarh and Gurugram, were searched for over 14 hours. Various documents, bank details and property-related papers were seized.Notably, both Dan Singh and Panwar are considered close associates of former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is leading the Congress’s campaign for the Haryana assembly elections, scheduled for October-November. Hooda is currently being seen as the party’...
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Haryana Congress MLA & Hooda confidant Rao Dan Singh under ED scanner. What’s the case about
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Haryana Congress MLA & Hooda confidant Rao Dan Singh under ED scanner. What’s the case about

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday raided 14 locations across the National Capital Region and Haryana, including the residence of Congress leader and Mahendragarh MLA Rao Dan Singh, in connection with a bank loan fraud case.The raids continued Friday at Dan Singh’s residence in Mahendragarh, and premises linked to him and his son Akshat Singh in Bahadurgarh and Gurugram. In addition, searches were also conducted at premises linked to a firm called Allied Strips and its promoters, Mohinder Agrawal, Gaurav Agrawal and others, across Delhi and Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. ED sources told ThePrint that action has been initiated against Dan Singh and the company’s promoters, as it was found that the MLA, his family and companies allegedly took huge amounts of loan money for All...
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ED sent to ‘destabilise’ Karnataka govt, falsely implicate CM & others in Valmiki ‘scam’, says Congress

Bengaluru: The Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka has accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of “pressuring” suspects in the Valmiki Corporation scam to falsely implicate the chief minister and senior members of the cabinet.Five senior ministers of the Siddaramaiah cabinet Thursday said that the ED was sent not to probe the Valmiki Corporation scandal but to “topple the Congress government in Karnataka”. “The Agencies that have come to Karnataka to investigate this Valmiki development board scandal…the ED that has come over here, it has come with the intention of not finding out who has done wrong but with the intention to destabilise the Karnataka government,” Dinesh Gundu Rao, the health minister and former state Congress president, told reporters in Bengaluru Thursda...
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ED detains Karnataka ex-mantri in Rs 94 crore Valmiki Corp scam | India News – Times of India

BENGALURU: Enforcement Directorate detained former Congress minister B Nagendra Friday in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scam involving Rs 94 crore.The detention followed a two-day ED search at multiple locations linked to Nagendra, corporation chairman Basanagouda Daddal and others.Officials picked up Nagendra from his Bengaluru residence at 7am and took him to ED office. Nagendra’s houses in Bengaluru and Ballari were searched for two days. Officials quizzed him till late night, but there was no indication of his arrest.Nagendra quit as tribal welfare minister early June after one of his aides was linked to the tribal welfare fund scam. About Rs 94 crore was allegedly transferred between Feb and May f...
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‘Victim Of ED’s Witch Hunt, Mini Trial Not Required For Bail’: Arvind Kejriwal Tells Delhi HC

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his reply to the Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging the trial court order granting him bail in the Delhi Liquor Policy case has told the Delhi High Court that he is a "victim of witch-hunt" by ED.  He contends that ED's plea seeking cancellation of his bail is not maintainable and is contrary to the previous judgment passed by the Supreme Court. Using ED's own argument against it, Kejriwal has contended that the trial court Judge who granted bail to Kejriwal was not supposed to conduct a “mini trial.” Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tells Delhi High Court that he is a "victim of witch-hunt and Standard Modus Operandi adopted by Enforcement Directorate to implicate it’s given targets wherein the Enforcement Directo...
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Snake venom case: ED summons YouTuber and Big Boss winner Elvish Yadav | Delhi News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The enforcement directorate has summoned YouTuber Siddharth Yadav, also known as Elvish Yadav, on July 23 for questioning in a money laundering case. This case is related to the suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug at parties hosted by Yadav. The case was registered in May under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), following an FIR and a charge sheet filed by the police in Noida.Yadav was asked to appear before the ED's Lucknow office this week. However, he requested a deferment due to scheduled foreign travel and professional commitments. Consequently, he has been asked to depose before the investigating officer on July 23.The ED has already questioned Rahul Yadav, also known as Rahul Fazilpuriya, a singer from Haryana who is allegedly linked to El...
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ED moves Supreme Court against HC order granting bail to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the Jharkhand high court's order granting bail to chief minister Hemant Soren in alleged money laundering linked to the land scam case. The development comes hours after CM Hemant Soren-led government proved his majority, with numbers heavily in favour of the JMM-led coalition.Hemant Soren took the CM oath for the third time on July 4, days after being released on bail by the high court. The oath-taking ceremony was supposed to happen on July 7. However, after Soren's meeting with Jharkhand governor CP Radhakrishnan, he suddenly rescheduled it for July 4.While JMM and Congress did not reveal the reasons behind his hasty move, Raj Bhavan sources said there was no official communication from the CM-elect abo...
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Video | Champai Soren Resignation: चंपई सोरेन ने दिया इस्तीफा, फिर से मुख्यमंत्री बनेंगे Hemant Soren

झारखंड में एक बार फिर नेतृत्व परिवर्तन की तैयारी है. झारखंड मुक्ति मोर्चा (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) के नेता हेमंत सोरेन (Hemant Soren) जेल से वापसी के बाद एक बार फिर मुख्यमंत्री बनने वाले हैं. बुधवार को राजधानी रांची में जेएमएम, कांग्रेस और राजद की बैठक में सर्वसम्मति से हेमंत सोरेन को फिर से सीएम बनाने पर सहमति बनी. पार्टी के फैसले के बाद चंपई सोरेन ने मुख्यमंत्री पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया है Source link ...
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ED takes action against a coal mafia in Ranchi

The logo of the Enforcement Directorate. File The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Ranchi has provisionally attached 62 immovable properties of Mohammad Ezhar Ansari worth ₹9.67 crore in the case registered against him and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).ED initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by Jharkhand Police under various sections of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860 and Coal Mines Act, 2017 against Mr. Ansari, his truck Driver Sayyaid Salmani and others.A chargesheet was filed and police seized 19.56 MT of illegally transported coal and the truck carrying it.ED’s official statement said its investigation revealed that Mr. Ansari had misused the coal linkages policy under which subsidised coal was allotted to Small & Me...
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ED attaches fresh assets in PMLA case against Uttar Pradesh-based bike taxi aggregator

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Photo Credit: X/@dir_ed The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 27 said it has attached fresh assets worth more than ₹5 crore as part of a money-laundering investigation against an Uttar Pradesh-based bike taxi aggregator and its promoters.“A provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been issued against the company, Hello Ride Limited, its directors, presidents, agents and others,” the ED said in a statement.“The attached properties, which include agricultural land and plots, are located in Prayagraj, Kanpur and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The total value of these properties is ₹5.35 crore,” it said.The ED had earlier frozen properties worth ₹2.38 crore in this case and the total attachment now stands at ₹7.73 ...
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Video | CBI ने केजरीवाल को गिरफ्तार करने के बाद कोर्ट से क्या कहा?

  Delhi Liquor Policy के मामले में Tihad Jail में बंद मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल(Arvind Kejriwal) को आज बड़ा झटका लगा है। उन्हें लेकर सीबीआई आज दिल्ली के राउज ऐवेन्यू कोर्ट पहुंची थी। सीबीआई ने आज राउज ऐवेन्यू कोर्ट की अवकाशकालीन बेंच के सामने केजरीवाल को पेश किया था, और कस्टडी की मांग की थी, जिसे जस्टिस अमिताभ रावत की बेंच ने स्वीकार करते हुए केजरीवाल को झटका दिया है। Source link ...
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Delhi HC blocks Kejriwal’s release on ED plea against bail order | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Friday granted interim stay on a trial court order giving bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal in an alleged scam in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. ED had filed an appeal on Friday morning, calling the trial court order "perverse" and claiming that it did not get a fair hearing.A vacation bench of Justice Sudhir Kumar Jain reserved its order, saying the bail order would remain stayed till the bench pronounced its verdict.Meanwhile, counsel from both sides can file written submissions by June 24.Additional solicitor general (ASG) S V Raju appeared for ED while Kejriwal was represented by senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vikram Chaudhri.The ASG told the bench that he was not given adequate opportunity by the trial court to oppose the bail plea...
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Video | Arvind Kejriwal Bail: शराब घोटाले में राउज़ एवेन्यू कोर्ट ने ED की दलील ठुकराई

दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल को अब रेगुलर जमानत मिल गई है. दिल्ली शराब नीति केस में सीएम अरविंद केजरीवाल को 1 लाख रुपये की जमानत राशि पर ये राहत मिली है. हालांकि, ईडी ने जमानत के विरोध के लिए 48 घंटे का समय मांगा है. वहीं राउज एवेन्यू कोर्ट ने कहा कि एक लाख रुपये के मुचलके पर कल शुक्रवार को केजरीवाल तिहाड़ जेल से बाहर आ सकते हैं. Source link ...
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ED raids 35 locations linked to Amtek Group in over Rs 20,000 crore bank fraud case | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out search operations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the Amtek Group, led by Arvind Dham, Gautam Malhotra, and others. The searches were conducted at more than 35 locations across Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Nagpur, and other cities in connection with a massive bank fraud case involving more than Rs 20,000 crores.The case involves several listed companies that were ultimately taken over in NCLT proceedings at nominal prices, resulting in minimal recovery for the consortium of banks.This situation has led to a significant loss to the exchequer, estimated to be approximately Rs 10,000 to 15,000 crores. The exchequer suffered a substantial loss, estimated to be around Rs 10,000-Rs 15,000 crore. The agency suspe...
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ED conducts raids at 19 locations in Mumbai, Pune for illegal betting on IPL and Lok Sabha polls

Representational image of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) logo | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office, has conducted search operations on June 12, 2024, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, at 19 locations in Mumbai and Pune. The search operations were conducted as part of the ongoing probe in the case of “Fairplay” (thefairplay.io) which was involved in illegal broadcasting of cricket matches, particularly IPL, and various online betting activities including results of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, an ED official in a statement said.During the course of search operations, movable assets in the form of cash, bank funds, demat account holdings and luxury watches to the tune of approximately ₹8 crore were seized and frozen along with vari...
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West Bengal | A storm in Sandeshkhali
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West Bengal | A storm in Sandeshkhali

Sandeshkhali, in South Bengal, has always been in the eye of a storm. The riverine area, resting cheek-by-jowl with the Sunderbans and the sea, has long been pummelled by cyclones. But the continual tempest of tyranny that villagers, especially women, allege has been lashing them for over a decade has only just ceased. By all accounts, it’s a tale of subverting justice and the wheels of administration for personal gain and influence. The undisputed villain of the piece, they say, is local Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his followers. The most damaging charge levelled against him: persistent sexual assault and abuse of women. As news of Shahjahan’s arrest broke, it was women who burst into celebration, splashing colours and distributing sweets. And as india toda...
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