Bengaluru, June 1 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a second summons to Youth Congress leader Mohammed Nalapad, son of Karnataka MLA N.A. Harris, in connection with the multi-crore bitcoin scam and an alleged money laundering case, officials said on Monday.N.A. Harris, the MLA from Shantinagar Assembly constituency, is among the aspirants for a cabinet berth, and the development could prove to be a setback to his prospects.ED officials have directed Nalapad to appear for questio…
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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 634.12 crore linked to the Unitech Golf & Country Club (UGCC) project in Noida under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), an official statement said on Friday.The attachment order was issued on Wednesday, May 27, by the ED’s Headquarters Investigation Unit (HIU), and it pertains to the UGCC project spread across Sectors 96, 97 and 98 in Noida.According to ED,…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been conducting raids and search operations at various sites in Kolkata since Friday morning in connection with several cases of money laundering linked to land syndicates, which involve the former Deputy Commissioner of Kolkata Police and the infamous local land mafia figure, Biswajit Poddar, also known as Sona Pappu.Both Sinha Biswas and Pappu are currently in ED custody after being arrested by the central investigating agency officia…
Mumbai, May 20 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, on Wednesday busted a highly organised gold smuggling syndicate operating through the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (CSMI) Airport under a targeted operation codenamed ‘Operation Golden Drop’. According to the DRI, acting on specific intelligence inputs, officers intercepted and seized three kg of foreign-origin gold valued at approximately Rs 4.8 crore and arrested one accused.Investigations conducted so fa…
Jaipur, May 18 (IANS) In one of Rajasthan’s largest financial crackdowns against narcotics traffickers, the Baran Police has launched massive action under “Operation Vajra Prahar”, targeting properties and bank assets allegedly acquired through the drug trade. Acting under Section 68-F of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, police have initiated proceedings to permanently freeze movable and immovable assets worth approximately Rs 5.82 crore linked to alleged narcotics smugg…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has initiated an investigation against Pay10 Services Private Limited (Pay10), Asian Checkout Private Limited (ACPL) and others, which are payment aggregator platforms, for their involvement in large-scale digital and cyber fraud-related money laundering activities. In this connection, PMLA searches were conducted from 13 May 2026 to 15 May 2026 at multiple premises linked to Pay10, ACPL and its associated persons and entities. During the …
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) A Special PMLA Court on Saturday granted pre-arrest bail to businessman Robert Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a land deal-related money laundering case, disfavouring unnecessary curtailment of liberty of an accused who has cooperated with the investigation. Special Judge Sushant Changotra accepted Vadra’s bail bond and surety bonds in sum of Rs 50,000 and put up the matter for arguments on charge on July 10.While allowing pre-arrest bail to Vadra…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sinha Biswas in connection with a criminal-linked syndicate case.The ED had been questioning Shantanu at the CGO Complex in Kolkata since Thursday morning after the police officer appeared before agency officials for interrogation.He was arrested after being questioned for more than 10-and-a-half hours and will be produced before a court on Friday.The ED had summoned Sinha Bis…
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, has seized diamonds worth over Rs 5.7 crore at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International (CSMI) Airport and arrested two persons for allegedly attempting to smuggle them to Bangkok. According to the DRI, the accused were intercepted at the Mumbai airport based on specific Intelligence inputs. During examination and questioning, both passengers admitted that they had concealed two capsules each inside their bodies.The ca…
Washington, May 12 (IANS) The terror facilities in Pakistan, which had suffered a major damage during Operation Sindoor launched by the Indian military last year in the aftermath of the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, are now undergoing large-scale clearing work, with construction materials and supplies visible across the sites, indicating rebuilding activity.Following Operation Sindoor, terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) shifted its key operational bases from Pakistan-occupied…