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…
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New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday sentenced Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh to four years’ imprisonment after convicting him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of a woman during celebratory firing at a New Year’s Eve party in the national capital in 2018.The Rouse Avenue Court also sentenced Singh to two months’ imprisonment under the Arms Act and directed him to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the victim’s family. The court further order…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told on Friday that the probe agency’s Kolkata Zonal Office has filed the second supplementary charge sheet against the former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress’ Secretary General, Partha Chatterjee, his close aide Arpita Mukherjee, and others before a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on June 25 in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-school job scam. “The complaint has been f…
Indore, July 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Indore Sub Zonal Office, has filed a chargesheet before the Special Court (PMLA), Indore, against Shrikant Ghante, Subhash Chandra Dubey, Rakesh Jain, Antim Joshi, and Anand Shah. It was registered on Thursday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, for their alleged involvement in causing wrongful loss amounting to Rs 4.64 crore to Nav Bharat Grah Nirman Cooperative Society, Indore.The Special Court has…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) In a significant development in its ongoing investigation into large-scale fraud involving homebuyers, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its 13th chargesheet against Rudra Buildwell Projects Pvt. Ltd. and its director in connection with alleged fraudulent activities related to a housing project in Greater Noida. According to the CBI, the investigation revealed that the accused builder company and its director, as part of a criminal conspiracy, all…
Ahmedabad, July 2 (IANS) Two undertrial prisoners who failed to return to jail after being granted interim bail in 2023 and allegedly spent nearly three years evading arrest by disguising themselves and begging outside temples across Gujarat have been apprehended by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch under its “Operation Karavas” campaign, officials said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Ashok alias Maharaj Patel, 48, and his wife Renuka Patel, 51, were arrested from beneath the CTM Bridge opposit…
Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday lauded the efficiency of both the police department and the judiciary after a special fast-track court sentenced 65-year-old Bhimrao Prabhakar Kamble to death for the brutal sexual assault and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Nasrapur, Bhor taluka, in Pune district. The accused was convicted on June 25, exactly 55 days after the horrific crime occurred, Fadnavis stated in the state assembly.He said that on June 29, th…
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Counter Intelligence wing Kashmir (CIK) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday carried out simultaneous raids across the Valley connected to the ongoing investigation into a Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.In a coordinated operation, CIK teams swooped down on locations in Srinagar, Ganderbal, and Anantnag districts. The searches are linked to FIR No. 07/2023, registered at the CIK’s Police Station JIC in Srinagar under various Sections of the Indian P…
Bhopal, June 26 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh govt will organise a one-day state-level workshop on the Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) in Bhopal on June 28 to strengthen the implementation of the country’s three new criminal laws and improve coordination among agencies involved in the criminal justice system. The workshop will be held at Kushabhau Thakre Auditorium (Minto Hall) from 9.30 a.m.Senior police officers from all districts, judges, and senior officials from the prosecution, prison…
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police arrested a 42-year-old man who allegedly absconded from court after being sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment in a case involving offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, rape and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, officials said on Friday.According to the Local Crime Branch (Zone-7), the accused, identified as Sultan alias Manoj Kumar, a resident of Fatehwadi area in Ahmedaba…