New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) In a setback to former Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E. Abubacker and other office-bearers of the banned outfit, a Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against them in a National Investigation Agency (NIA) case alleging a conspiracy to overthrow the secular democratic Government of India and establish an Islamic Caliphate by 2047 through violent means. Dismissing the discharge pleas moved by several accused, Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma of the …
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New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday deferred the pronouncement of its verdict in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, who was killed during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.The Karkardooma Court, which was expected to deliver its verdict on Thursday, has deferred the pronouncement to June 11 in the case involving former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillor Tahir Hussain and 10 other accused.The case relates to the killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma, whose b…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) A Delhi court is set to pronounce on Thursday its verdict in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma, who was killed during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The Karkardooma Court will deliver its judgment in the case involving former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and 10 other accused. The case relates to the killing of IB officer Ankit Sharma, whose body was recovered from a drain in the Khajuri Khas area on February 26, 2020, am…
Indore, June 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s Indore Sub-Zonal Office has arrested three key accused persons in connection with the multi-crore Indore Municipal Corporation fake bill scam, officials said on Wednesday. The arrests of Abhay Singh Rathore, Mohd. Zakir and Rahul Badera were arrested on June 1 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The accused were produced before the Indore Special PMLA Court which granted the ED their custody till Ju…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The ED arrested four top officials of Earth Infrastructures in an alleged fraud involving Rs 2,004 crore collected from more than 19,425 homebuyers, an official said on Tuesday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Delhi Zonal Office, arrested Avdhesh Kumar Goel, Rajnish Mittal, Atul Gupta and Vikas Gupta, promoters/directors of Earth Infrastructures Ltd (EIL), on Monday, said an ED statement.The four were arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering …
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The ED attached 14 immovable properties, worth Rs 1,595.85 crore, belonging to Gian Sagar Educational & Charitable Trust and located at Ramnagar, Punjab, in connection with a Rs 48,000 crore Ponzi scheme of Pearl Agrotech, an official said on Monday. The attached 14 properties have been identified as having been acquired from investor funds, constituting Proceeds of Crime, the ED said.The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Delhi Zonal Office, took the action under the …
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Intensifying its crackdown in the ongoing investigation into the Noida homebuyers cheating fraud investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its tenth chargesheet against the builders, under the scanner for alleged cheating and fraud. The investigation agency filed a chargesheet against M/s Shubhkamna Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. and its directors on Friday, in connection with alleged fraudulent activities relating to a housing project in Greater Noid…
Ahmedabad, May 25 (IANS) A man sentenced to death in the 1994 murder of an Ahmedabad-based cloth merchant has been arrested by the city Crime Branch after remaining absconding for more than 13 years following a parole jump, officials said on Monday. The accused, identified as Satish Reliya, alias Bhikhu and alias Sanjay Thakkar, had been on the run since 2013 after failing to surrender before jail authorities at the end of his parole period.Crime Branch officials said he repeatedly changed his p…
Mathura (UP), May 22 (IANS) In a landmark judgment, a fast-track court in UP’s Mathura has sentenced Sukhvir Singh to rigorous life imprisonment for raping and murdering his girlfriend in a guest house in 2020. The verdict was delivered by Additional Sessions Judge, Fast-Track Court for Crimes Against Women-I, Vijay Kumar Singh.The court also imposed a monetary fine on the convict.According to the prosecution, Sukhvir Singh, 31, a resident of Nagla Pohpi under the Refinery police station area in…
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday deferred till June 9 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 expected to deliver the order on Thursday, deferred the pronouncement till June 9.The ED case relates to the alleged launder…