Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Various teams of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, accompanied by personnel from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), were carrying out raids and search operations at eight sites in West Bengal as part of an ongoing investigation into a case involving financial corruption and forgery.Sources aware of the developments said the main charge in the case is that large amounts of money were collected from people on the pretext of providing them with benefits under diff…
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Panaji, July 17 (IANS) In fresh action against land‑grabbing syndicates in Goa, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested the mastermind of one such gang, a history‑sheeter and resident of Karnataka, officials said on Friday. The ED, Panaji Zonal Office, arrested Siddique Khan alias Suleman Khan, 55, resident of Karwar, Karnataka, on July 16 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The accused was produced before the Special Court (PMLA), North Goa, whic…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Two persons were arrested as the Delhi Police Special Cell’s Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) busted an inter-state cyber fraud racket allegedly involved in preparing and selling forged government identity documents through an online platform. The accused were operating the website bkprint.in, which allegedly enabled users to generate fake Aadhaar cards, voter identity cards, PAN-related documents, residence certificates, caste certificates, birth an…
Bengaluru, May 24 (IANS) A major case of prison fraud has come to light in Karnataka after authorities discovered that a life convict had reportedly managed to secure his release from Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Prison nearly eight years ago by using forged documents purportedly issued by the Supreme Court. The incident has sparked serious concern within the Prison Department and prompted an investigation into possible collusion, negligence, and procedural lapses that may have enabl…
Aizawl, May 9 (IANS) Seventeen prisoners, including convicts and undertrial prisoners lodged in Mizoram’s Lunglei district jail, were allegedly illegally released using forged court documents and fake release orders, police said on Saturday. Most of the released inmates have since been traced and re-arrested.According to Mizoram Police, the 17 prisoners — including those convicted or facing trial under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Su…
Srinagar, May 5 (IANS) The J&K Police’s Crime Branch said on Tuesday that it has arrested a government employee involved in a fraud case of forgery and illegal appointments.Officials of the Crime Branch Jammu said that the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir has arrested a Health Department employee in connection with a long-pending fraud case involving alleged forgery and illegal appointment.The arrest was made in FIR No. 19/2017, registered under Sections…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a purchaser arraigned in a decades-old forged Will and property fraud case from Tamil Nadu, holding that mere purchase of disputed property for valuable consideration, without specific material showing involvement in forgery or conspiracy, cannot justify criminal prosecution. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside a Madras High Court order which had refused to quash proceedings against the …
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has arrested a bank employee for allegedly facilitating a large-scale cyber-fraud racket that cheated multiple victims out of several crores of rupees through fake bank accounts and online scam networks.According to the press release issued on Sunday, the accused, identified as Irshad Malik (35), a resident of Ghaziabad and an employee of RBL Bank, was arrested for his alleged role in “facilitating the opening of a fraudulent bank acco…
Guwahati, April 7 (IANS) Assam Police have registered a case against Congress leader Pawan Khera that includes multiple charges of forgery, defamation and criminal conspiracy linked to remarks targeting the family of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, officials said on Tuesday. The First Information Report (FIR), lodged on April 6 at the Crime Branch Police Station in Guwahati, was filed on the basis of a complaint by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, the Chief Minister’s wife.The complaint accuses Khera…
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) A case has been registered at Chembur Police Station against a former municipal corporator for allegedly contesting elections using a fake caste certificate and defrauding the government as well as the public. Based on a complaint, Chembur Police have registered a case against former corporator Ramesh Kamble under IPC Sections 193, 199, 406, 420, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, and 471 for forgery, cheating, and criminal breach of trust. Further investigation is underway.Acc…