Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has filed a series of charges in court against Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, who was arrested in connection with a syndicate and corruption case. The central investigation agency claimed in court that Sona Pappu used to acquire other people’s land and property at low prices by threatening them.Not only him alone, the Enforcement Directorate has also mentioned a gang of three people in court.The agency claimed that Pappu worked for Behala b…
Latest Enforcement Directorate News & Updates
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu in connection with a financial fraud and extortion case. Sona Pappu was in the news for various reasons before the Assembly elections. He was allegedly involved in various illegal activities, but was still missing. However, Pappu appeared at the Enforcement Directorate office at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake on Monday.After being questioned for nine hours from morning till night, the…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Monday granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) 24-hour transit remand of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Deepak Singla after the central agency produced him before the court and sought his custody for further proceedings, sources said.Earlier on Monday, the ED arrested Deepak Singla following searches at multiple premises linked to him and several others in connection with an alleged bank fraud-linked money laundering case.Raids were cond…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Monday gave formal permission to the ED to prosecute former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, who has been tainted in both the R.G. Kar financial irregularities case as well as the rape and murder of a junior doctor of the same hospital in August 2024. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari by sharing the order granting formal permission to the ED on his social media handle.However, since t…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Mohammad Kashif, accused in a money laundering case involving allegations that he posed as a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union ministers to extort money from people by using morphed photographs and fabricated invitations.A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh set aside an Allahabad High Court order refusing bail to Kashif in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case registered …
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth around Rs 700.27 crore under the provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA), 2018 in connection with a money laundering case linked to late Iqbal Mirchi and his family members.According to the ED, the attached assets include three prime properties — Rabia Mansion, Marium Lodge and Sea View — located in Mumbai’s Worli area and collectively valued …
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Deepak Singla following searches at multiple premises linked to him and several others in connection with an alleged bank fraud-linked money laundering case.Raids were conducted at locations in Delhi and Goa associated with Singla and certain alleged hawala operators, after which Singla was arrested.According to sources, investigators suspect that Singla was involved in handling hawala-based…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Panchu Roy, former chairman of the Trinamool Congress-run South Dum Dum Municipality in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, has appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its Salt Lake office in Kolkata on Monday for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore cash-for-municipal jobs scam.Sources said that Roy is likely to be questioned alongside former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose, who was arrested by the ED last week in the sa…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu appeared before Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake here on Monday, after remaining untraceable for months in connection with a syndicate case.He had been wanted since his name was implicated in the Rabindra Sarovar incident last February. He went live on social media from time to time, but could not be found. The ED also raided his house to investigate a syndicate case. However, Sona Pappu suddenly appear…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Businessman Robert Vadra on Monday withdrew his petition before the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order taking cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) complaint in a money laundering case linked to a 2008 land deal in Gurugram’s Shikohpur village. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain allowed the withdrawal after counsel for Vadra informed the Delhi High Court that the petitioner was “not interested in pursuing the present petition” and…