Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a scathing attack against Trinamool Congress while referring to the issue of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s intervention while the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids and search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of I-PAC’s co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata earlier this year. However, through referring to that event while addressing a campaign rally a…
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Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday was conducting searches at three places, including the houses of two businessmen in Anandapur and Alipore areas, in Kolkata. According to ED officials, this search was linked to its investigation into a criminal-linked syndicate of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Poddar.The ED has already arrested Joy Kamdar, a businessman close to Sona Pappu. Kamdar is currently in the ED’s custody. It is reported that these businessmen, whose premis…
Itanagar, April 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out search operations at nine premises linked to wholesale liquor businesses across Arunachal Pradesh, intensifying its probe into an alleged large-scale illegal liquor smuggling network in the region, the central probe agency said on Saturday. The ED, Guwahati Zonal Office, conducted the search operations on Thursday (April 23) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, at nine premises of wholesale liquor en…
Raipur, April 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday reported a significant breakthrough in its investigation into suspicious financial networks operating within the Maoist-affected regions of Chhattisgarh. After a series of coordinated raids across multiple states, including targeted operations in the Dhamtari and Bastar districts, the central agency has gathered substantial evidence pointing toward an organised system of foreign funding. According to sources, the operation led …
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Just four days before the crucial second phase of the two-phase Assembly polls for 142 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal on April 29, the officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), escorted by the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, are conducting raids and search operations at multiple locations of Habra in North 24 Parganas district, in connection with the ration distribution case.Sources aware of the development said that different teams of the ED off…
Shimla, April 24 (IANS) In the Rs 387-crore fake degree scam involving Manav Bharti University in Himachal Pradesh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) obtained an order for confiscation of two properties belonging to the accused Mandeep Rana, who has been declared a Fugitive Economic Offender, an official said on Friday. The ED’s Shimla Sub-Zonal Office, obtained the order for confiscation on April 23 from the Special Court (PMLA).The ED initiated investigation under the Prevention of Money Launde…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) In a setback to the Jharkhand government, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Jharkhand High Court’s order transferring the probe into an FIR against Enforcement Directorate officials in Ranchi to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh dismissed the state government’s plea, which had challenged the High Court’s decision and sought a halt to the CBI investigation.Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, …
Chandigarh, April 23 (IANS) The ED seized sale purchase agreements and various incriminating documents during raids at 12 premises located in Chandigarh, Panchkula, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and Rajpura (Patiala) in connection with Kotak Mahinda bank-cum-Municipal Corporation Panchkula Fraud Case, an official said on Thursday. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chandigarh Zonal Office, conducted the searches under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, on Wednesday, said the official …
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) A Delhi court has issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a bail plea filed by Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Vinesh Kumar Chandel in connection with a money laundering probe linked to the alleged coal pilferage case. Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana of the Patiala House Courts sought the ED’s response on Chandel’s plea and posted the matter for hearing on April 29.Chandel is currently in ED custody pursuant to an order pa…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the alleged interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in an ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation had the effect of putting democracy “in peril”, observing that such actions cannot be brushed aside as a mere dispute between the state and the Union government.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice N. V. Anjaria was hearing petitions filed by the ED seeking registration of a C…