New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), working in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs, has facilitated the return of wanted fugitive Sahil Chauhan from Thailand, officials confirmed on Saturday. Chauhan, who is wanted by Haryana Police in several criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, and offences involving illegal firearms, is considered a key operative of the Bhuppi Rana Gang active across Har…
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Kathmandu, April 8 (IANS) The Kathmandu District Court has reportedly issued an arrest warrant against former Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, in connection with a money-laundering investigation. The Kathmandu Post reported that the arrest warrants were issued on Tuesday following approval from the bench of Judge Mahendra Khadka, based on a request from the Department of Money Laundering Investigation.The department has been investig…
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Central Bureau of Investigation director Praveen Sood said on Monday that corruption today is transnational, sophisticated, and increasingly enabled by technology, making international cooperation not a matter of choice but an absolute necessity. Delivering the keynote address at the 12th Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities, Sood highlighted the GlobE Network’s Secure Communication Platform as a…
Athens, March 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s strategy to silence opposition combines domestic authoritarianism with transnational repression. As the crackdown inside the country intensifies through arrests of journalists, censorship of media, and violent dispersal of protests – the drive to target critics who evade domestic crackdown but remain vocal abroad has also escalated, a report has highlighted. According to a report in the ‘Greek City Times’, Pakistan’s partners in Europe and North America face a …
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) Marking a significant success in ongoing efforts to track and bring back offenders evading justice overseas amidst the ongoing ‘Gangstran Te Vaar’ campaign launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, most-wanted gangster Amritpal Singh, alias Amrit Dalam, has been detained at the Moldova border, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Saturday. The fugitive Amritpal Dalam was detained on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice (…
Siliguri, Feb 27 (IANS) A Special CBI Court in Siliguri convicted and sentenced a former Central Excise department t official to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for four years with a fine of Rs 40,000 for taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 over 10 years ago, an official said. Achintya Kumar Pramanik, the then Superintendent of Central Excise, was posted at the Assistant Commissioner, Central Excise and Service Tax, Cooch Behar Division, Cooch Behar, when the CBI arrested him, said a CBI statement.The Centra…
Dhaka, Feb 26 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered the authorities to seek an Interpol ‘Red Notice’ for the arrest of British MP Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, niece of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over corruption allegations, local media reported. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz passed the order on Thursday following an appeal by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), according to the court’s bench assistant, Riaz Hossain.The appeal filed by ACC Assistant Direct…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday secured the extradition of a wanted fugitive from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Anil Kumar Reddy Yeddula, a wanted criminal for alleged cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal intimidation in Andhra Pradesh, had a red notice issued against him. He was brought back by the crime investigative agency from the UAE through INTERPOL channels. Anil Kumar Reddy Yeddula was escorted by a team of Dubai Police and arri…
Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) Four Republican lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to direct the Justice Department to reopen a criminal probe into Cuban leader Raul Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, calling for possible charges and international arrest notices.Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar joined Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez and Nicole Malliotakis in sending a letter to the President seeking a …
Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Feb 17 (IANS) In a major crackdown on organised crime, police in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad on Tuesday conducted attachment and confiscation proceedings at the Wasseypur residence of notorious gangster Prince Khan, who is accused of running a criminal syndicate in the state from abroad.The operation was carried out at Prince Khan’s house located on Kamar Makhdoomi Road in Wasseypur in compliance with a court order. A heavy police contingent reached the locality on Tuesday morning…