Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has become active again in the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, has issued summons to an inspector-rank officer of West Bengal Police and five coal traders for questioning.The police officer summoned by the ED is Monoranjan Mondal, former Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Budbud Police Station under the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate in West Burdwan district.Earlier, during the previous Trinamool Congress regime in We…
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Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun preparations to attach the residence of former Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas at Kandi in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, an insider in the central probe agency said on Saturday.Shantanu had already been arrested by the ED in connection with a criminal-linked syndicate case.On Friday, ED officials broke open the locks of Shantanu’s residence at Kandi and carried out an extensive search operation the…
Hyderabad, May 22 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has arrested Nowhera Shaik, founder of Heera Group of companies from Gurugram, Haryana, in the case relating to defrauding of investors. The arrest was made on Thursday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the ED said in a release here on Friday.She was brought to Hyderabad on Thursday night and produced before the PMLA Court, which remanded her to judicial custody. According to…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) As part of an ongoing crackdown on Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders accused of intimidation and financial irregularities during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led regime in West Bengal, police in the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate on Friday arrested a trade union leader from Durgapur, officials said.The arrested leader has been identified as Sheikh Wasul, the president of INTTUC unit in the Durgapur-Faridpur area and a resident of Rangamati under Durgapur-Faridpur B…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday deferred till June 9 the pronouncement of its decision on framing of charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his family members and others accused in the alleged money laundering case linked to the IRCTC hotel scam being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The Rouse Avenue Court, which was expected to deliver the order on Thursday, deferred the pronouncement till June 9.The ED case relates to the alleged launder…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been conducting raids and search operations at various sites in Kolkata since Friday morning in connection with several cases of money laundering linked to land syndicates, which involve the former Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police and the infamous local land mafia figure, Biswajit Poddar, also known as Sona Pappu.Both Sinha Biswas and Pappu are currently in ED custody after being arrested by the central investigating agency officia…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state police officials during search operations conducted earlier this year at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria earlier deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Meht…
Panchkula, May 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a charge sheet in a Special Court against 15 accused, including three public servants and six bank officials of IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, in the case related to misappropriation of Rs 504 crore belonging to the Haryana government. “The charge sheet filed in the Special CBI Court in Panchkula invoked penal provisions of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, destruction…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday issued fresh summons to former West Bengal food and supplies minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led state cabinet, Rathin Ghosh, for further interrogation in the multi-crore cash-for municipalities job case in the state. Ghosh, the four-time Trinamool Congress legislator from Madhyamgram Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district, has been asked to be present at ED’s office at the central government office (CGO…
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mumbai on Wednesday remanded self-styled godman Ashok Kharat to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till May 26 in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged extortion and financial fraud.ED officials said Kharat was produced before the PMLA court in the city after the agency sought seven days of custodial interrogation to probe the alleged money trail and financial transactions linked to the case….