New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to suspend the conviction of former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in the 1998 Rural Development Bank fraud case, denying him relief that could have restored his membership of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain declined to suspend the conviction awarded to Bharti by a Special MP/MLA court, which had also sentenced him to three years’ imprisonment in the decades-old cooperative bank fra…
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New Delhi/Bhopal, July 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti’s petition against his conviction in the 1998 Datia Cooperative Rural Development Bank fixed deposit (FD) fraud case, clearing the way for the Datia Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh to go ahead as scheduled. The High Court’s order means Bharti’s conviction and disqualification from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will remain in force for now, ending the legal uncertainty over the bypol…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dealt a major blow to India’s largest illegal online betting syndicate by filing 11 fresh charge sheets in the high-profile Mahadev App gambling case. The development marks a significant escalation in the probe into the multi-crore racket allegedly run from abroad.In one set of cases, the CBI filed six charge sheets against six accused, Ashim Das, Rohit Gulati, Vikas Chhaparia, Anil Dhammani, Vishal Ahuja, and Dheeraj Ahuja, …
Ahmedabad, July 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested a 27-year-old illegal arms supplier and seized six country-made firearms along with 21 live cartridges during a special drive launched ahead of the 149th Rath Yatra to prevent the circulation of illegal weapons in the city.The accused, identified as Karansinh alias Kanchido Solanki, a resident of Hathipura village in Detroj taluka of Ahmedabad district, was apprehended from beneath Zundal Bridge on S.P. Ring Road following…
Ballari, July 8 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at the residence of Abdul Nazeer in Karnataka’s Ballari as part of a multi-state operation linked to an alleged terror conspiracy case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).The raids were conducted at Abdul Nazeer’s residence in the Kaul Bazar area of Ballari. NIA officials questioned his parents and other family members regarding his associates and friend circle. The inves…
Jaipur, July 7 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth around Rs 112.90 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with an alleged Rs 376 crore bank fraud involving M/s LEEL Electricals Limited (formerly Lloyd Electric and Engineering Limited), its main promoter Bharat Raj Punj, and others. According to the ED’s Jaipur Zonal Office, the attached properties include land, industrial …
Patna, July 7 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Patna Zonal Office, has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the alleged procurement scam involving medicines, medical equipment, and other supplies at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) during the financial years 2008–09 and 2009–10. The supplementary complaint, filed on July 6, 2026, names Om Prakash Pandey, proprietor of M/…
Bengaluru, July 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its 14th and 15th charge sheets in the ongoing investigation into large-scale homebuyers’ fraud, naming two Bengaluru-linked builder companies, their directors, and officials of leading financial institutions for their alleged role in cheating homebuyers, the official statement by the CBI said on Tuesday. The chargesheets have been filed before the respective CBI courts in Bengaluru against Ithaca Estate Pvt Ltd and its…
Leh, July 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said it has arrested three accused in connection with the misappropriation of funds from the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Kargil district of Ladakh. A CBI press release said the organisation has arrested one Assistant Engineer (Civil) of BRO, Ladakh, and two labour supply agents from Kargil for indulging in misappropriation of BRO funds.The Assistant Engineer arrested was Officer In-charge of the Khatse Batalic Sector …
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has carried out searches at 26 locations across 11 states and Union Territories in connection with four criminal cases involving the alleged misappropriation of funds in the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), an official statement said on Monday.The searches were conducted in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland as part of an ongoing inve…