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Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Wednesday arrested a warder of Jaipur district Jail after he was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 26,000. The accused, identified as Jagveer Singh, was posted at the district jail and was allegedly demanding money to ensure an inmate was not harassed.According to ACB ADG Smita Srivastava, a complaint was received stating that the warder demanded Rs 70,000 from a man whose brother was lodged in Jaipur District Jail for the past eight days in connection with a kidnapping for ransom case. The complainant alleged that the warder repeatedly pressured him to pay the bribe, warning that non-payment could lead to mistreatment of the inmate.An ACB official said the agency verified the complaint. During the verification process, there was a negotiation regarding the bribe amount. The complainant told the ACB that he was unable to arrange such a large sum at short notice.The warder then allegedly told him to arrange whatever amount he could manage but insisted on at least Rs 40,000. "The complainant was asked to come to a place outside the district jail premises. The warder asked how much he brought, to which the ACB complainant replied that he managed only Rs 26,000," the official said.Acting on the complaint, the ACB carried out a trap operation. "A team led by additional SP Gyan Prakash Naval caught the warder taking Rs 26,000 from the complainant," said DIG Rahul Katakey.ACB officials said further questioning and legal procedures are underway. A case was filed against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the investigation is continuing.
Mr. Rana's daughter-in-law, Sumbul Rana, had contested the Meerapur Assembly by-election as a Samajwadi Party candidate but was defeated by BJP's Mithlesh Pal Former Member of Parliament Kadir Rana was granted bail in two separate cases of alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct during the Meerapur Assembly by-election, his lawyer said. Mr. Rana appeared before the Special MP/MLA Court in Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday (November 27, 2024) where the presiding officer, Devender Singh Fauzdar, approved his bail plea after he furnished a surety bond of ₹25,000 for each case. Mr. Rana, along ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Vigilance department arrested a junior clerk on Tuesday, a day after she was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 at the office of the Sub Registrar here. The woman, the junior clerk in the office of the Sub-Registrar of Khandagiri in Bhubaneswar, has been placed under arrest by the Odisha Vigilance department and will be forwarded to the court. "She was arrested for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person for the execution of a registered sale deed (RSD) of subplot," an official statement said. She was detained on Monday and arrested on Tuesday. A case wa ...Read More >
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 2 (ANI): The court commissioner submitted his survey report in Chandausi Court in the Sambhal Jama Masjid-Harihar case on Thursday. Tensions in Sambhal have been high since November 19, when a local court ordered a survey of the mosque. Clashes between protestors and police over the court-ordered survey of the Jama Masjid resulted in four deaths. Also Read | Karnataka Contractor Suicide Row: BJP Sends Sachin Panchal's Death Note to Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi; Congress Leader Priyank Kharge Says 'Party Set for Humiliation'. On December 30, a delegatio ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jun 5 (PTI) The Assam Congress on Thursday demanded a CBI inquiry into alleged illegal stone mining in Karbi Anglong district in violation of a Supreme Court order. Addressing a press conference here, former Rajya Sabha member Ripun Bora also alleged that Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Chief Executive Member Tuliram Ronghang was allowing illegal activities in the district in nexus with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. "Large-scale illegal stone mining is taking place in the hills of Karbi Anglong in violation of the Supreme Court order. The SC had banned mining in and around K ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a junior engineer working in the office of the Assistant Garrison Engineer (AGE) at the Naval Officers Family Residential Area (NOFRA), in Navy Nagararea of Colaba, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 4.5 lakh from a contractor to clear a pending bill of Rs 40 lakh. About The Case The accused Dinesh Pandey was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe in the presence of AGE RS Thakur. The bribe amount was later recovered from a cupboard in Thakur's chamber. Pandey was produced before a special CBI court and remanded to cu ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The high court has refused to quash proceedings in a rare "reverse trap" bribery case, where a govt officer was caught allegedly returning a bribe to the complainant.Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed the petition filed by AB Vijaya Kumar, former special land acquisition officer-II of the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) and currently a joint director in the department of municipal administration.The case pertains to a complaint filed by one Bhagath Singh Arun, who alleged that Vijaya Kumar demanded Rs 5 lakh to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) in connection ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 6 (PTI) A special CBI court on Friday remanded a junior engineer at Garrison Engineer office in Mumbai's Navy Nagar to police custody till June 9 in a bribery case. Dinesh Pandey was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 4.5 lakh from a contractor to clear a building repair bill. The CBI told court Pandey was caught red-handed and the bribe amount of Rs 3.4 lakh was recovered from a cupboard in his office in Naval Officers Family Residential Area (NOFRA) here. The CBI sought five-day custody of Pandey citing the need to ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charged five individuals, including goldy Brar, in relation to the 2024 Gurugram club bombing plot, as revealed in a recently filed chargesheet. This case involves a conspiracy to bomb two clubs, aiming to disrupt communal harmony in Haryana, with the banned terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) implicated. The NIA's investigation highlights the severity of the plot. Those charged include satinderjit Singh (Goldy Brar), Sachin Talian, Ankit, Bhavish, and Randeep Singh. News Directory 3 provides crucial updates on sensitive cases such ...Read More >
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Proceedings in both houses of the Parliament came to halt on Wednesday amid protests by Oppostion members over the Adani Bribery controversy, recent violence in Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh and other issues. Lok Sabha proceedings were initially adjourned until 12 noon and later until Thursday, as Opposition members, including those from Congress, protested and sought to raise various issues at the start of the session. Some members from the Congress and Samajwadi Party were in the Well while other Opposition members stood in the aisle and shouted slogans. The Opposition members wanted to discus ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 15 (VOICE) Former Minority Commission Chairman Anwar Manipaddy on Sunday refuted the bribery charge levelled by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, saying the Congress leaders have been offering him bribes to suppress the Waqf encroachment report. CM Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra "tried to bribe" the former Minority Commission Chairperson during the previous government with Rs 150 crore to suppress a probe into the Waqf property encroachment. Speaking to the media, Anwar Manipaddy stated that if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has any genuine co ...Read More >
Also Read | Sambhal sparks rift: INDIA bloc allies face leadership turmoil? "Multiple encroachments are being seen around the area," Sambhal DM Rajendra Pensia told ANI. Pensia said, "There was encroachment on roads, sewers, water bodies, and that too for a long time. We are undertaking an 'abhiyan' (drive) to fix it. We launched a campaign in Chandausi and we had decided we would start the campaign here in November. But we could not start." The DM stated the anti-encroachment drive will conti ...Read More >
Haridwar: A woman politician has been arrested for allegedly letting her boyfriend and others repeatedly rape her 13-year-old daughter in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The horrifying crime, which occurred between January and March, was exposed when the minor bravely confided in her father, prompting a police investigation that led to the arrest of the accused. The accused was arrested with her boyfriend and one more. According to police reports, the minor was gang-raped multiple times, often in the presence of her mother. The minor, who had been living with her father following her parents' separat ...Read More >
New Delhi: Three Indian citizens vanished mysteriously in Tehran. Darkness closed in as hope seemed lost. A ruthless Pakistani gang with potential links to ISI snatched them away, casting a shadow of fear. But relentless Indian diplomats refused to back down. Against all odds, a daring rescue mission ignited. Now, the captives are free, and a chilling game of espionage comes to light. The Punjab-based trio - Amritpal Singh from Hoshiarpur, Jaspal Singh from SBS Nagar and Hushnapreet Singh from Sangrur - had landed in Iran on May 1. Promised a clandestine route to Australia via Dubai and Tehra ...Read More >
Parbhani Violence: Violent protests took place in the city of Parbhani in central Maharashtra on Wednesday for the second day in protest against the damage to a replica of the Indian Constitution. Prohibitory orders were imposed there after the violence and internet was shut down. Meanwhile, Parbhani District Magistrate Raghunath Khandu has given information about the situation there. He also said that 50 people have been arrested so far in this case. Parbhani DM Raghunath Khandu Gavde said, "The SP and I went there and explained to the workers there and paid homage to the statue of Babasaheb ...Read More >
Lucknow: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended Rehmat Ali, a recovery agent with Prathma UP Gramin Bank in Rampur, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a complainant.According to officials, CBI registered case on Jun 4, against Ali and unknown public servants based on allegations that the accused demanded illegal gratification to facilitate the processing of a Rs 4 lakh insurance claim. Ali reportedly assured the complainant that he could influence the bank's branch manager to expedite the claim in return for the bribe. Following verification of the compl ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: Hours after the abduction and rape of a three-year-old girl sleeping with her mother under a bridge near Alambagh metro station, the accused was killed in an encounter with Lucknow police early Friday.The accused, identified as Deepak Verma, a habitual offender with multiple criminal cases lodged across city police stations, was traced through CCTV footage that captured him fleeing with the child on a white scooter around 3.30 am on Thursday.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) Ashish Srivastava said multiple police teams were formed immediately after the incident, and a rewar ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Nagpur: In a significant blow to the Maoist movement in the Dandakaranya region, 12 senior Maoists surrendered before chief minister Devendra Fadnavis during his visit to Gadchiroli district on Friday. The event, attended by state minister and Gadchiroli's co-guardian minister Ashish Jaiswal, marks a milestone in the state's ongoing efforts to curb Naxalism through its surrender and rehabilitation policy, in place since 2005.The surrendered Maoists include high-ranking members, including Sapna al ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jun 7 (PTI) Authorities on Saturday barred Eid prayers from taking place at the Eidgah ground and the Jama Masjid in the old city here, while Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claimed that he was put under house arrest. "Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar deeply regrets to inform that the authorities have once again disallowed Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the Eidgah as well as at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar by closing the gates of the mosque and deploying police personnel outside," the management of the historic mosque said in a statement. ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 7 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has ordered an increase in the compensation announced for the families of those who died in the Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede in Bengaluru to Rs 25 lakh each. Earlier, the government had announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi demanded that CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar should 'resign right now' in connection with the June 4 stampede near Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium that claimed 11 lives and left dozens injured. Joshi told reporters, 'The state go ...Read More >
In a miraculous turn of events, a seven-year-old boy who was kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district more than 30 years ago has reunited with his family. IMAGE: Raju was kidnapped when he was seven-year-old from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district. Photograph: ANI Now 38, Raju shared his ordeal and said that after being abducted in September 1993, he was handed over to a truck driver who took him to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. "The kidnappers kept me in a room located in the middle of a barren area, where I was forced to take care of sheep and goats. Each night, I was chained and locke ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Efforts of ACB officials to weed out corrupt officials are being affected by bureaucratic delays, in some cases influenced by the accused officials, resulting in delayed prosecution and justice. The conviction rate in the cases involving bribery and disproportionate assets, registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), is low because of the delayed clearances from the vigilance and enforcement for prosecution, and the department concerned. Director-general Vijay Kumar said the ACB had registered 152 cases and arrested 223 accused in 2024. Of these, 129 were trap cases involving ...Read More >
The agency has now moved a fresh plea for their remand in the court, saying the duo need to be interrogated about alleged involvement of other senior officials of NCLT in the bribery case. The CBI has approached a city court seeking custody of deputy registrar of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai bench, arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from a businessman for helping to favourably settle ownership dispute of a hotel. The CBI on May 29 arrested de ...Read More >
INDIA bloc MPs, donning black jackets with slogans like "Modi Adani Ek Hai", protested at Parliament demanding a joint probe into the Adani issue. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused PM Modi of evading discussion on the "Adani mega scam" while defending Adani's alleged corruption. Rahul Gandhi asserted that Modi won't investigate Adani as it would be like investigating himself.Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Thursday said the country's people want the "Adani mega scam" to be discussed in Parliame ...Read More >
JAMMU, June 5: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested a Deputy Forester and a Forest Guard red-handed for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 11,000 from a complainant in the Kalidhar Range of Chowki Choura Block. An ACB official said the officials-Surinder Kumar, then posted as Deputy Forester, and Kewal Krishan, then Forest Guard-had demanded a total bribe of Rs 14,000 for the release of an additional CDR related to the construction of 126 boundary pillars in Compartment number 12/K, Nada Chargiyal Forest. According to him, the work had been allotted under e-NIT number 27 of 202 ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday took strong action against the police officers allegedly responsible for the Bengaluru stampede, suspending several high-ranking officials, including the city's police commissioner. Addressing a press conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also announced a one-man commission to probe the lapses that triggered the deadly stampede. "Cubbon Park Police Station police inspector, station house master, station house officer, ACP, Central Division DCP, cricket stadium in-charge, additional commissioner of police, commissioner of police have been susp ...Read More >
Lucknow, June 6: A man accused of abduction and rape of a three-year-old girl in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, was killed in an encounter with police on Friday. The accused was identified as Deepak Verma by the police after scanning CCTV footage that showed him with the child. The officials said he was a habitual offender with criminal cases lodged across the city police stations. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) Ashish Srivastava said five police teams were formed immediately after the incident was reported, and a reward of Rs one lakh was announced for his arrest. Police, after identi ...Read More >
Patna: A huge cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from the residence of a suspended constable, Saroj Singh, in Sultanpur Ganga diara area of Mohiuddin Nagar in Samastipur district on Friday. The raid, carried out by the joint teams of Bihar Special Task Force (STF) and district police, turned violent when Singh's supporters opened fire at the police team. The constable and his four associates were later arrested by the STF for allegedly conspiring to kill two people.The STF also recovered an AK-47 rifle, an INSAS rifle with four magazines and 70 live cartridges, a rifle, and a double-b ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday opposed the bail petition of Christian Michel James, a British national and alleged middleman, before the Delhi High Court. James is an accused in the money laundering case linked with the alleged Rs 3,600-crore Agusta Westland helicopter scam. The defence lawyer argued that the trial was unlikely to commence soon and that, even if James were convicted, he would face a maximum sentence of seven years, having already served six years in custody. However, the ED's counsel countered, stating that James posed a ...Read More >