Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the West Bengal Police to ensure that former Trinamool Congress legislator and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh is not arrested while his bail plea is pending before it.Ghosh’s plea for anticipatory bail in a case registered against him in connection with land-grabbing charges was scheduled to be heard by the single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh on Monday.However, for some reason, the hearin…
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Panaji, July 17 (IANS) In fresh action against land‑grabbing syndicates in Goa, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested the mastermind of one such gang, a history‑sheeter and resident of Karnataka, officials said on Friday. The ED, Panaji Zonal Office, arrested Siddique Khan alias Suleman Khan, 55, resident of Karwar, Karnataka, on July 16 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The accused was produced before the Special Court (PMLA), North Goa, whic…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet against the former Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Santanu Sinha Biswas, in the case where he had been accused of involvement in a multi-crore land grabbing case. Sources aware of the development said that in the 114-page supplementary charge sheet, Sinha Biswas, land mafia Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu and real-estate promoter Jay Kamdar have been accused of involvement in illegal land gr…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Officials of the Enforcement Directorate are trying to establish links of politically influential persons from West Bengal in the illegal land-grabbing-related money-laundering case involving Merlin Projects Limited, promoted by Sushil Mohta and Saket Mohta. Already, Trinamool Congress legislator and the Member–Mayor-in-Council of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Debasish Kumar, who is also the party candidate this time from his native Rashbehari Assembly Constituency …
Islamabad, Feb 3 (IANS) The dream of millions of Pakistanis working in other nations is shattered not due to distance but by betrayal. Pakistani expats often end up losing their inheritances or life’s savings through frauds and unsuccessful efforts to take back their properties which have illegal occupation, a report has detailed. A 40 per cent of Pakistanis working in other nations face property disputes, with illegal occupation and land grabbing at home being the most common offences. These ar…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Experts in Pakistan have slammed the expansion of corporate farming and land acquisition, lamenting that such government schemes are displacing farmers and privatising land and water resources, particularly in Punjab and Sindh.A report in viacampesina.org detailed the outcome of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC) meeting in Lahore which announced nationwide mobilisation against corporate farming, land grabbing, and the deepening agrarian crisis.Around 170 delega…