Jaipur, July 28 (IANS) Amid the nationwide political uproar over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, the issue of the 2021 REET paper leak in Rajasthan has once again taken centre stage. Rajasthan Minister Dr Kirodi Lal Meena has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking a comprehensive probe by Central agencies into alleged paper leak cases that occurred during the previous Congress government.In the letter, Meena names former Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra…
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New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday granted Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other respondents three weeks to file their replies on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) criminal revision petition challenging a trial court order refusing to take cognisance of its prosecution complaint in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain granted time to the re…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 27 (IANS) Leader of Opposition, Pinarayi Vijayan, finds himself confronting perhaps the most politically challenging phase of his long career, with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) tightening its probe into the CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions involving his daughter Veena Vijayan and fresh indications that the investigation could soon reach his doorstep.Just months after suffering a bruising defeat in the Assembly elections, the 82-year-old veteran had appeared to st…
Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out search operations at ten premises located in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with an alleged bank loan diversion and money-laundering case involving M/s Santosh Overseas Ltd (SOL), officials said on Saturday. The searches were conducted by the Lucknow Zonal Office under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, at premises linked to the company’s promoters, associated companies, facili…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted search operations at various premises in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru in a case involving online gaming and betting platform, “All Panel Exchange” and seized incriminating documents and digital devices, an official said on Saturday. The ED’s Mumbai Zonal Office conducted the search operations under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, and froze various bank accounts related to multiple such entities…
Bengaluru, July 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Bengaluru Zonal Office on Saturday filed a chargesheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against online gaming firms Gameskraft Technologies and RummyTime Technologies Private Limited, along with their founders and directors, for allegedly cheating users of real-money rummy platforms and laundering proceeds of crime amounting to nearly Rs 19,984 crore. The complaint was filed before the Special Court in Bengalu…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office, has issued a Provisional Attachment Order in the case of Prabhudas Virchand Lotia and others, attaching two immovable properties, including a Bandra Hotel, having an aggregate value of approximately Rs 332.24 crore, an official said on Saturday. The attached properties include Hotel Rangsharda situated at Bandra, Mumbai, and a land parcel located at Prabhadevi, Mumbai, which are under the possession and control of R…
Indore, July 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached nine immovable properties valued at Rs 3.48 crore in connection with the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) fake bill scam. The action was taken by the Indore Sub‑Zonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, as part of an ongoing probe. The attached assets include residential houses and flats, residential plots, commercial shops and agricultural land located in Indore and Dhar district…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate secured from the Special Court (PMLA), Mumbai, an order to confiscate a flat in Thane (West) belonging to a co-accused in a financial fraud and partner in an infrastructure company, an official said on Saturday. The Special Court ordered the confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime under Section 8(7) of the PMLA in the matter of Yescube Infrastructure.The confiscation order was given in connection with a money laundering case involving Sandeep Shuk…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) A Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Mumbai has ordered the restoration of attached immovable properties worth Rs 22.40 crore to bona fide legitimate claimants, according to an official statement issued on Saturday.The order was passed by the Additional Sessions Judge on July 23.The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Mumbai Zonal Office had initiated a money laundering investigation against Vinod Kumar Chaturvedi, Manoj Pathak and others for t…