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…
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Panchkula, May 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a charge sheet in a Special Court against 15 accused, including three public servants and six bank officials of IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, in the case related to misappropriation of Rs 504 crore belonging to the Haryana government. “The charge sheet filed in the Special CBI Court in Panchkula invoked penal provisions of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating, forgery, destruction…
New Delhi/Dhanbad, May 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday, arrested a superintendent and an inspector of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) office in Giridih, Jharkhand, in a bribery case. The arrests were made following a trap laid by the CBI team after a formal complaint was received against the two officials.According to the complaint, the CGST superintendent and inspector had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 90,000 from a complainant to resolve an Input …
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said it has unearthed another alleged builder-bank nexus in a homebuyers fraud case and filed its ninth charge sheet against a real estate company, its directors, and bank officials for allegedly cheating homebuyers and financial institutions in connection with a housing project in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.According to the agency, the chargesheet has been filed against M/s Manju J Homes India Ltd., its directors, an…
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) An ACB court on Wednesday sent a top official of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to judicial custody for 14 days in a Disproportionate Assets case.The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which registered a case against S.A. Laxmi Kumar and arrested him on Tuesday, produced him before the court.After the court remanded him to judicial custody, he was shifted to Chanchalguda Central Prison.Laxmi Kumar, General Manager (Engg.), Project Division-VIII, Red Hi…
Hyderabad, May 19 (IANS) Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered a case of disproportionate assets against a top official of Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board here on Tuesday after assets of over Rs 5.88 crore were found during searches at premises linked to him. The ACB said a case of disproportionate assets was registered against Saggam Anantha Laxmi Kumar, General Manager (Engg.), Project Division-VIII, Red Hills, HMWS&SB, as he acquired assets disproportionate…
Dhar, May 19 (IANS) In a major anti-corruption drive, the Lokayukta Police in Indore arrested Pradeep Kumar Khare, District Project Coordinator of the District Education Centre in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh. The arrest took place on Monday and has sent shockwaves through the region’s education department.According to Lokayukta officials, the bribe was allegedly demanded by Khare from a subordinate engineer in connection with the con…
Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) The ACB sleuths detained Dholapani SHO Praveen Kumar Charan of Pratapgarh district in Rajasthan, acting on a complaint alleging that he demanded a bribe to provide relief to the complainant’s brother in a rape case, said officials on Thursday.According to Govind Gupta, Director General of Police (ACB), the ACB Dungarpur Unit received a complaint alleging that a bribe was being demanded in connection with a rape case registered at Dholapani Police Station in Pratapgarh dis…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday intensified its probe into the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak and examination irregularities by arresting five accused persons following raids at multiple locations across the country.According to officials, the CBI has arrested five accused persons in the case — three from Jaipur, one from Gurugram and one from Nashik. Several other suspects are currently also being examined.The arrested accused have been identif…
Bhopal/Seoni, May 13 (IANS) The Lokayukta Police from Jabalpur have successfully executed two separate trap operations in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh to combat administrative corruption. In the first significant action, a team caught Dinesh Raghuvanshi, an acting Assistant Sub-Inspector posted at the Kotwali Police Station in Seoni, red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. This decisive operation was carried out under the specific directives of Director General of Police …