Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, refused an interim stay on the decision of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to freeze three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress with combined deposits of Rs 440 crore.Following the refusal of the single-judge bench of Justice Krishna Rao to entertain the plea of the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata-Banerjee-led faction for an interim stay on the ED-imposed freeze on these bank accounts, “debit rest…
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Chennai, July 13 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted extensive search operations across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Srinagar as part of an ongoing money-laundering investigation linked to online investment fraud and fake “Work From Home” scams. The ED, in a statement, said the raids were carried out on July 10 and 11 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), covering 19 locations, including 16 in Tamil Nadu, 2 in Kerala, and 1 in Srinagar. The investigation stems from…
Chikkaballapur (Karnataka), July 11 (IANS) A Pakistani woman married to an Indian national and her son have been arrested by the Bagepalli police in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur district for allegedly staying in India illegally after their visas were not renewed following ‘Operation Sindoor’ and for allegedly obtaining Indian identity documents. An FIR has been lodged in the case.Chikkaballapur is located 75 kilometres north-east of Bengaluru city.The accused have been identified as Farha Naaz, a …
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress faction led by the former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday approached a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, challenging the actions initiated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against three bank accounts held by the party with a private sector bank with a combined deposit amount of Rs 440 crore. The case in relation to these three bank accounts are complicated following the parallel investigations by the West Bengal …
Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Gujarat Police’s Cyber Centre of Excellence on Friday arrested seven people for allegedly operating an interstate online fraud and extortion racket that targeted customers who purchased sexual enhancement medicines through social media advertisements, with investigators saying the group may have cheated between 4,000 and 5,000 people across the country. The department said the operation dismantled a 15-seat call centre in the Vastral area of Ahmedabad and prevente…
Ayodhya, July 8 (IANS) The controversy that erupted following allegations of misappropriation of donations made at the Ram Temple has adversely impacted local businesses in the holy city and number of devotees visiting the temple town has “gone down drastically”, said Ayodhya vendors on Wednesday. A shopkeeper, speaking to IANS said: “Five to six lakh devotees used to offer prayers at Hanumangarhi as well as the Ram Temple everyday but (this incident) has hurt the sentiments of many due to which…
Jaipur, July 6 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police’s Cyber Crime Branch has arrested an accused in connection with a major interstate cyber fraud syndicate targeting the corporate sector. Fraudsters allegedly used the name and display picture (DP) of the chairman of a reputed company on WhatsApp to deceive the company’s accountant into transferring Rs 5.30 crore to two separate bank accounts. Acting on technical and financial evidence, the State Cyber Crime Police Station achieved a significant breakthr…
Agartala/Aizawl, June 8 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram as part of its investigation into a cross-border drug trafficking and money laundering network involving proceeds of crime estimated at more than Rs 142 crore, official sources said.Sources said that the ED’s Aizawl Sub-Zonal Office carried out search operations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, at four locations spanning …
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A team of Delhi Police’s Cyber Police Station, North-East District, has successfully cracked a cyber fraud case involving Rs 10,52,938 with the arrest of two accused persons from Jharkhand. The case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by Rakesh Kumar, a 65-year-old resident of the national capital’s Meet Nagar, who stated that on April 25, he received a WhatsApp call from an unknown person regarding the updation of KYC details linked to his bank accounts. Th…
Bhopal, May 9 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday announced the extension of wheat procurement at Minimum Support Price from May 9 to May 23, saying the decision was taken in the interest of farmers and to ensure that all produce arriving at procurement centres is purchased smoothly. In an official statement, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Govind Singh Rajput said that 60.7 lakh metric tonnes of wheat have so far been procured from 9.78 lakh farmers across …