Bengaluru, June 4 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has arrested Karuturi Venkateshwara Rao under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with an investigation into Deepak Cables (India) Limited and others in a case involving alleged fraud against a consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI), the official statement said on Thursday. The ED initiated the investigation based on an FIR registered by the Central…
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Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at 21 locations across Mumbai, Surat, Ankleshwar and Rajkot in connection with a “Trans-national Organised Narcotics Trafficking Syndicate” operated by Salim Ismail Dola, an alleged drug trafficker associated with the Dawood Ibrahim gang who was recently extradited from Turkey, and his aides, seizing currency and gold bars valued at around Rs 1.33 crore, an official said on Thursday. The ED’s Mumbai Zonal Office, conducted…
Raipur, June 4 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur Zonal Office, has arrested Jai Prakash Gandhi, a resident of Abhanpur in Raipur district, Chhattisgarh, on June 3, 2026, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The arrest is linked to a major land acquisition compensation fraud in the prestigious Bharatmala Pariyojana project, ED said in a press note.After his arrest, Jai Prakash Gandhi was produced before the Special Court (PMLA), Raipur, which remanded him to ED…
Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has arrested one Nazneen Ansari alias Abeeda in the case of Heera Group and others, involving defrauding investors. The Central agency said in a release on Wednesday that she was arrested on Tuesday under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.ED initiated an investigation based on multiple FIRs registered by Telangana Police and Andhra Pradesh Police against Nowhera Shaik, Heera Grou…
Indore, June 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Indore Sub-Zonal Office has arrested three key accused persons in connection with the multi-crore Indore Municipal Corporation fake bill scam, officials said on Wednesday. The arrests of Abhay Singh Rathore, Mohd. Zakir and Rahul Badera were arrested on June 1 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The accused were produced before the Indore Special PMLA Court which granted the ED their custody till Ju…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a compounding order under Section 15 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA), in the case of Jusda India Supply Chain Management Private Limited with a one-time payment of Rs 12,52,984. This has resulted in the termination of proceedings against the company for compounded contraventions of provisions of FEMA, 1999, according to a statement issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday.The order has been pas…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday served a notice for interrogation to Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in connection with the central agency’s ongoing investigation into the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in West Bengal. He has been asked to be present at the ED’s office at the Central Government Office (CGO) Complex at Salt Lake in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on June 15.Sources aware of the developmen…
Dehradun, June 3 (IANS) The Enforcement directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the major scholarship scam at the DAV Postgraduate (PG) College here, central probe officials said on Wednesday. The complaint was submitted on May 29, 2026, against Piyush Chandra Bhatnagar and Ranjana Rawat for alleged money laundering offences, officials added. The case stems from an First Information Report (FIR) reg…
Hyderabad, June 3 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, on Wednesday conducted search operations at 15 locations across various states in connection with the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) ghee adulteration fraud case.The searches were conducted in Ahilyanagar, Bikaner, Dehradun, Delhi, Dindigul, Guntur, Mumbai and Roorkee.According to an ED release, the searches covered the residential and office premises of Pomil Jain, Vipin Jain, Raju Rajasekaran, Rajesh Ma…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in the Rs 200 crore money laundering case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar and expressed her willingness to face trial before a Delhi court. Appearing before the Patiala House Court, Jacqueline denied the charges framed against her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and opted to contest the case on merits.The court also framed charges of money laundering against Sukesh Cha…