Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) After avoiding appearance at the Enforcement Directorate’s Salt Lake office in the northern outskirts of Kolkata to face questioning in relation to the multi-crore municipalities’ recruitment case in West Bengal, state Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose ultimately appeared at the ED’s office on Friday.Before the recently concluded two-phase Assembly election for 294 constituencies, the ED had served notices for appearances to Bose to ask questions in the municipalities…
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Kohima, April 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has filed a second supplementary prosecution complaint before the Special Court for PMLA cases in Dimapur, Nagaland, in connection with the HPZ Token cryptocurrency investment scam. The case has its genesis in three FIRs registered by the Cyber Crime Police Station, Kohima, Nagaland; the CID PS, Ulubari, Guwahati; and the CBI, Delhi. Accordingly, an ECIR was registered on April 12, 2022. The Main Prosecution Compl…
Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement, Guwahati Zonal Office, has filed a Prosecution Complaint before the Special Court (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), Kamrup (Metro), Guwahati, in connection with an alleged bank fraud involving IDBI Bank and wrongful losses amounting to Rs 8.62 crore, officials said on Thursday. According to an official statement, the complaint has been filed under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, against M/s Ottis Associa…
Aizawl, April 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before a special court in Aizawl against Jakir Hussain and 13 others in connection with an alleged fraudulent vehicle loan scam, the central probe agency sources said. The Central agency said that the ED, Aizawl Sub Zonal Office, has filed a Prosecution Complaint under Sections 44 and 45 of the PMLA, 2002, before the Special Court in Aizawl, ag…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday granted regular bail to Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Vinesh Kumar Chandel in a money laundering case linked to the alleged coal pilferage probe.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal of the Patiala House Courts passed the order in favour of Chandel, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).While allowing the bail plea, the court recorded th…
Chandigarh, April 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted search operations this week under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) at 11 locations in Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, and Patiala linked to suspended Punjab Police Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) H.S. Bhullar, his associates, including property dealers and suspected benamidars, ED officials said. The ED’s Chandigarh Zonal Office initiated the investigation on the basis of …
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the issuance of a fresh notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his acquittal in complaint cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons in the excise policy money laundering matter.During the hearing, a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma noted that, as per the registry’s report, the earl…
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged irregularities worth Rs 397 crore in transformer tender procurements during the tenure of Senthil Balaji as Tamil Nadu’s Electricity and Prohibition and Excise Minister between 2021 and 2023. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S.A. Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan directed the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to tran…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the interim bail plea of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Vinesh Kumar Chandel, who is in judicial custody in a money laundering probe linked to an alleged coal pilferage case. Additional Sessions Judge Shefali Barnala Tandon of the Patiala House Courts rejected Chandel’s application seeking temporary release on medical grounds relating to the condition of his 74-year-old mother, who is stated to be suffering fro…
Raipur, April 28 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate’s Raipur Zonal Office has intensified its crackdown on corruption linked to the Raipur–Visakhapatnam Highway Project under the Bharatmala Scheme. In a press release dated April 28, the agency confirmed that search operations were carried out under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, at eight premises across Abhanpur, Raipur, Dhamtari and Kurud in Chhattisgarh.The searches led to the seizure of Indian currency worth Rs 66…