Guwahati, May 9 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, has provisionally attached three immovable properties valued at around Rs 65.60 lakh in connection with a disproportionate assets case involving a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official and his wife, officials said on Saturday.According to the ED, the action was taken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against Hem Chandra Borah, Deputy Chief Engineer of NFR, and his wife Ga…
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Guwahati, May 9 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement, Guwahati Zonal Office, has provisionally attached six immovable properties worth around Rs 6.56 crore in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged bank loan fraud by M/s Agnipa Energo Pvt. Ltd. and others, officials said on Saturday. According to the Enforcement Directorate, the attached properties include two commercial spaces in “Shine Towers” and two flats along with two penthouses in the “Shine Heaven” project,…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a charge-sheet against a private realty firm, Shubhkamna Buildtech, and its directors for allegedly cheating homebuyers in a housing project located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, the agency said on Friday.The probe revealed that the accused company and its directors entered into a criminal conspiracy to induce investors through false assurances and deceptive promises.According to CBI officials, the firm obtained dishonest financi…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ordered the release on bail of a life convict from Odisha who has remained behind bars for more than 22 years, taking strong exception to an Orissa High Court order which had dismissed his criminal appeal on the ground of a nearly nine-year delay in filing it. Calling the impugned decision “very disturbing”, a Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the High Court ought to have adopted a “practical view” and, at the ve…
Gurugram, May 7 (IANS) The CBI filed a fifth chargesheet against CHD Developers and its directors in connection with alleged cheating of homebuyers and fraudulent activities relating to a housing project in Gurugram, an official said on Thursday. The chargesheet was filed before the competent Court under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust, said a CBI statement.The investigation conducted by the CBI revealed that t…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet in a major homebuyers fraud case, unearthing an alleged nexus between builders, bank officials and proxy buyers that led to significant financial losses for both financial institutions and innocent homebuyers.According to CBI, the chargesheet has been filed against M/s AVJ Developers (India) Pvt Ltd, M/s AVJ Developers Pvt Ltd, M/s Kesar Builders Pvt Ltd, their Directors, and certain bank officials associat…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred till May 22 the pronouncement of its decision on framing of charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his family members and others accused in the alleged money laundering case linked to the IRCTC hotel scam being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The Rouse Avenue Court, which was slated to deliver the order on Tuesday, deferred the pronouncement until May 22.The ED case relates to the alleged launderi…
Jaipur, May 2 (IANS) Vishal Bansal, Additional Director General of Police, Special Operations Group (SOG), on Saturday said that sustained action against impersonation in competitive examinations has led to the detection of three major cases involving dummy candidates across the state. Investigations revealed that several academically weak candidates arranged for more qualified individuals to appear in their place in exchange for large sums of money.The first case relates to the 2022 Lect…
Mohali, May 1 (IANS) A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Punjab’s SAS Nagar (Mohali) has convicted and sentenced two men to over five years rigorous imprisonment in a 2020 case involving the hoisting of a Khalistani flag at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in the state’s Moga, the agency said on Friday.The convicted accused, identified as Inderjeet Singh and Jaspal Singh, both residents of Moga, have been awarded five years and six months of imprisonment along with a fine of…
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…