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The Haryana government had decided last month to hand over the probe to the central agency, they said. "We are in the process of taking over," an official in the know of the development said, adding that an FIR will be registered soon on the basis of the case registered by the Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau FIR. According to the IDFC First Bank, the alleged ₹590-crore fraud was committed by its employees and others in accounts held by the Haryana government with the privat ...Read More >
BERHAMPUR: Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested five persons including four staff members of Kodala community health centre (CHC) in Ganjam district for their alleged involvement in misappropriation of government funds to the tune of over Rs 2 crore. The arrested persons are senior assistant of Kodala CHC Jatin Bhuyan, multi-purpose health worker Bharati Pradhan, attendant Gopal Nahak, sweeper Manu Nayak and attendant of Beguniapada PHC Rama Chandra Mallika. According to Vigilance officials ...Read More >
The attached assets -- including fixed deposits, bank balances, residential flats, a commercial office and agricultural land -- are linked to the bank's former chairman Hiren Bhanu and his family members. The action has been taken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said on Wednesday. The ED initiated its probe last year based on an FIR registered by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW), after the alleged fraud came to light in February follo ...Read More >
NAVI MUMBAI: The Divisional Chairman of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), Mumbai Division, Rajendra Ahire (55), was arrested by the Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) after being caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 22,000 at the board office in Vashi on Tuesday. ACB Deputy SP Dharmaraj Sonake said the complainant had been allotted an electrical contract for maintenance and repair of the state board office building in Vashi for one year ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a significant boost for Indian agencies in the extradition case against Mehul Choksi, an Antwerp court of appeal has ruled that there is a valid legal basis to extradite the fugitive diamantaire to India, while rejecting his allegations that the Indian government abducted him in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021. Choksi is also understood to have applied for asylum in Belgium, anticipating an adverse outcome, people familiar with the matter said. The chamber of accusation, part of the A ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Antwerp Court of Appeal has given a positive advice to the Belgian government to clear fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's extradition on six of the seven counts of alleged charges he is facing in India. In its advice to the Belgian government on April 3, the 'kamer van inbeschuldiging' (chamber of accusation) of The Antwerp Court of Appeal has said that all the alleged crimes for which Choksi is wanted in India -- criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, forgery or fraud, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Antwerp Court of Appeal has given a positive advice to the Belgian government to clear fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi's extradition on six of the seven counts of alleged charges he is facing in India. In its advice to the Belgian government on April 3, the 'kamer van inbeschuldiging' (chamber of accusation) of The Antwerp Court of Appeal has said that all the alleged crimes for which Choksi is wanted in India -- criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, forger ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed by former Congress MLA Rajender Bharti challenging his conviction and three-year sentence in the Gramin Vikas Bank cheating case, which led to his disqualification from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought a response from the State and listed the matter for April 15. Bharti has also sought a stay on his conviction and moved an application requesting the cour ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed by former Congress MLA Rajender Bharti challenging his conviction and three-year sentence in the Gramin Vikas Bank cheating case, which led to his disqualification from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought a response from the State and listed the matter for April 15. Bharti has also sought a stay on his conviction and moved an application requesting the cour ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed by former Congress MLA Rajender Bharti challenging his conviction and three-year sentence in the Gramin Vikas Bank cheating case, which led to his disqualification from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought a response from the State and listed the matter for April 15. Bharti has also sought a stay on his conviction and moved an application requesting the cour ...Read More >
Sambalpur: Two persons were arrested for allegedly siphoning off nearly Rs 3.67 crore of govt funds after a major financial scam was unearthed in the excise department of Sambalpur district, said SP (Sambalpur) Mukesh Bhamu on Friday.The accused have been identified as Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, a suspended junior assistant posted in the Sambalpur excise office, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI). Police said another accused, Achyut Dehuri, also a retired ASI, is unde ...Read More >
Three days after the arrest of CREST project director Sukhwinder Singh Abrol in the ₹83-crore fraud case, the Chandigarh Police on Wednesday arrested an accountant, Sahil Kukkar, as the probe into the alleged siphoning of funds gained pace. A resident of Sector 78, Mohali, and originally hailing from Fazilka, Punjab, Kukkar joined the investigation on Tuesday. But during interrogation, he failed to clarify or justify multiple transactions amounting to crores that were funnelled into shell fi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur police have arrested two persons, including an Excise department official, in connection with the embezzlement of over Rs 3.67 crore between 2022 and 2025. The arrested accused are Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, a suspended junior assistant of the Excise department, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired Excise assistant sub-inspector (ASI). Another accused, retired ASI Achyuta Dehury, is absconding. The fraud surfaced during an audit of departmental financial records. Based on a ...Read More >
SAMBALPUR: Two persons including a 65-year-old retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI) have been arrested for embezzling government funds to the tune of Rs 3.67 crore from the Excise department, police said on Friday. The accused are Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik (38), a suspended junior assistant, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired ASI of the Excise department. Another accused Achyuta Dehury, also a retired ASI, is absconding. Briefing mediapersons here, Sambalpur SP Mukesh Bhamoo said the accused du ...Read More >
Sambalpur: Two persons were arrested for allegedly siphoning off nearly Rs 3.67 crore of govt funds after a major financial scam was unearthed in the excise department of Sambalpur district, said SP (Sambalpur) Mukesh Bhamu on Friday.The accused have been identified as Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, a suspended junior assistant posted in the Sambalpur excise office, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI). Police said another accused, Achyut Dehuri, also a retired ASI, is unde ...Read More >
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Tipra Motha Party and raised serious doubts about the party's election fund management. Hitting out at Tipra Motha supremo Pradyot Kishore Debbarman and his recent statement, Saha said, "The top leader of the party himself admitted that he refused to stitch an alliance despite having been advised by the leaders from his party. Some leaders of that party are said to have advised him to go with BJP to ensure t ...Read More >
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court convicted Bharti and a former cashier, Raghuvir Prajapati, of criminal conspiracy, cheating, and forgery. The case, which was registered in 2015 in Madhya Pradesh's Datiya, was transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court in October last year after noting claims that efforts were made to intimidate defence witnesses. In a 95-page judgment, the court said that Bharti and Prajapati, along with other unknown persons, entered into a criminal con ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Two employees of the Excise Department, including a retired official, have been arrested by Sambalpur police in connection with an alleged embezzlement of government funds worth over ₹3.67 crore between 2022 and 2025, officials said on Friday. Superintendent of Police, Sambalpur, Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo, said the accused have been identified as Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, a suspended junior assistant, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired Excise Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI). Police sources ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court sentenced Congress MLA Rajender Bharti to 3 years imprisonment and imposed Rs. One lakh fine. Another Convict is also sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2.5 lakh has been imposed on him. They were convicted by the court in the Gramin Vikas Bank Fraud case. However, the court has granted bail to both convicts to challenge the judgement before Delhi High Court. Bharti is a Congress MLA from Datia, Madhya Pradesh. This ca ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The state Congress has suffered a setback after a Delhi MP-MLA court found Datia legislator Rajendra Bharti guilty in a 25-year-old embezzlement case. Following the verdict, the court sent Bharti to Tihar Jail on Wednesday. The court will hear arguments on Thursday before deciding the sentence. If he is awarded a jail term of more than two years, he will lose his Assembly membership. Bharti was elected in 2023 after defeating BJP leader Narottam Mishra. In a separate c ...Read More >
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], April 1 (ANI): Haryana police have apprehended an accused identified as Kapil, son of Lajja Ram and a resident of Rajpura, from Sirhind in connection with the Municipal Corporation Panchkula fraud case. The arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into alleged financial irregularities involving municipal funds and suspected diversion of public money. According to investigating officials, an amount of Rs. 2.36 crore was allegedly transferred from the account of Mun ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Crime Branch of J&K Police said on Tuesday that it has filed a charge sheet in the court pertaining to a major Municipal Committee fraud in Budgam district. A crime branch spokesperson said the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has presented a charge sheet before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, in connection with FIR No. 03/2022, involving serious allegations of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and abuse of off ...Read More >
Srinagar, Dec 16: The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) today filed a chargesheet against the former President of Municipal Committee Budgam and two others in a fraud case involving alleged embezzlement and illegal allotment of a Government-owned municipal building. Click here to watch video According to the CBK, the chargesheet was presented before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, in connection with FIR No. 03/2022, which pertains to allegations of ...Read More >
Srinagar- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir on Tuesday filed a chargesheet before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, in connection with a major municipal fraud case in Budgam. According to a statement issued by the Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK), the chargesheet has been submitted in FIR No. 03/2022 and pertains to serious allegations of cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and abuse of official position. The accused have been booked under Sections 420, 4 ...Read More >
Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet before a special anti-corruption court in Srinagar in connection with an alleged municipal fraud case involving the illegal allotment of government property in Budgam district, the CBK said on Tuesday. As per a statement issued to the news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the chargesheet has been filed in FIR No. 03/2022 before the court of the Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar, under Sections ...Read More >
Kolkata: Following the Supreme Court order, which upheld the Calcutta High Court's June 18 order directing the Centre to release Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds to West Bengal, Trinamool Congress leadership in West Bengal calls it "victory". The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by the Central government challenging an order of the Calcutta High Court directing the prospective implementation of the MGNREGA scheme in West Bengal from August 1. ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate Hyderabad zonal office on Friday attached movable and immovable properties worth ₹12.6 crore belonging to Sahiti Infratec Ventures India Private Limited (SIVIPL), its former director Sandu Purnachandra Rao, his family members, and associated entities under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The action follows investigations triggered by multiple FIRs filed by Telangana police against SIVIPL and its promoters, based on complaints from investors alleging ...Read More >
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty. Actor Sushant Singh Rajput spent Rs ₹16.80 lakh on his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty during their live-in relationship on his own accord and this expenditure cannot be considered as embezzlement of funds or fraud, the Centre Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said. The actor, who died by suicide in 2020, was in a live-in-relationship with Rhea from April 2018 to June 2020. It was on Sushant's request that his manager Shruti Modi booked tickets for ...Read More >
Mumbai: The probe into the embezzlement of Rs 16.1 crore from the accounts of 127 Bank of India customers has found that the accused official, who has since been suspended and arrested by ED, lost most of the money to futures and options trading as well as online gambling, said officials.Sources said the accused, Hitesh Singla (32), had transferred Rs 1.5 crore to one of his colleagues, which he took back and invested in futures and options trading, but ED's attempt to trace the money trail has ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: The anti-corruption wing of Odisha Police Thursday arrested a retired Chief District Veterinary Officer (CDVO) and a staff of the Animal Husbandry department on the charge of embezzling Rs 18 lakh central adaptation grants for climate change. "Trilochan Dhal, former CDVO of Nuapada district, and Ashok Kumar Dau, statistical enumerator posted at the office of CDVO, Nuapada, have been arrested for misappropriation of government money of over Rs 18 lakhs by way of transferring ...Read More >
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