Raipur, July 27 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) Raipur Zonal Office has arrested the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission’s (CGPSC) former Chairman Taman Singh Sonwani in a case involving corruption, question-paper leak and manipulation of the CGPSC State Service Examinations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, an agency release said.Sonwani was arrested on July 25 under Section 19 of the PMLA and produced before the Special Court (PMLA), Raipur. The court s…
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Indore, July 27 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Indore Sub-Zonal Office, has filed a detailed chargesheet spanning over 20,000 pages under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the Special Court (PMLA) here against 32 accused persons in the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) fake bill scam. The accused include contractor beneficiaries, officials of the Indore Municipal Corporation, officials of the local fund audit/resident audit office, and other private person…
Bengaluru, July 23 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted searches at eight locations in Bengaluru in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged ISIS recruitment and terror funding module, the agency said on Thursday. The searches were carried out on 21 July under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. During the operation, the ED seized incriminating electronic records and digital devices and froze proceeds of crime worth Rs 7.50 lakh u…
Indore, July 17 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Indore Sub-Zonal Office, has dealt a major blow to a multi-state drug trafficking network by conducting simultaneous search operations at multiple locations in Indore and Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The action was taken under the Union Government’s ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ initiative and relates to the alleged trafficking of 70 kilograms of MDMA (Mephedrone) drugs, valued at approximately Rs 70 crore.The ED initiated the investigation …
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday carried out search operations at 16 premises across West Bengal, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and other locations in a crackdown on an alleged terror-funding and illegal-infiltration racket. The raids, conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, were led by the agency’s Lucknow Zonal Office.The case stems from an FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Anti‑Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) on October 11,…
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…
Indore, July 10 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Indore Sub-Zonal Office, has escalated its crackdown on a major government fund embezzlement scam by filing a supplementary chargesheet before the Special Judge (PMLA), Indore, on July 9, 2026. The case involves the fraudulent misappropriation of Rs 20.47 crore from the Block Education Office (BEO), Katthiwada, in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. The ED initiated the investigation following an FIR registered at Police Station Katth…
Bhopal/Indore, July 6 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bhopal Zonal Office, has filed a charge sheet against Dharmendra Singh Bhadauria, former district excise officer of Alirajpur, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The charge sheet was submitted to the Special Court (PMLA) in Indore, which promptly issued a notice to the accused. The case originates from an FIR registered by the Special Police Establishment (SPE), Lokayukta, Indore, charging Bhadauria under v…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a compounding order under Section 15 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), in the case of Touras India Private Limited, which has resulted in the termination of proceedings against the company for contraventions of the law’s provisions with a one-time payment of Rs 26,950, according to a statement issued by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on MondayThe order has been passed by the RBI after issuance of a “no objecti…
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has conducted search and seizure operations at nine premises of Rajesh Exports Limited (REL), located in Bengaluru and Mumbai, in connection with an ongoing investigation into the company and connected persons for suspected contraventions of provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.Investigation has identified multiple issues, which include non-availability of records…