<p>Bhupesh Baghel (PTI photo)<br></p> RAIPUR: ED on Monday searched the premises of former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel as an extension of the probe against his son Chaitanya in an alleged liquor scam and money laundering case of Rs 2,161 crore.ED teams arrived at 14 locations in Durg district, including Baghel’s house in Padumnagar, early morning….
The Enforcement Directorate raided locations connected to Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel. The raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a liquor scam and money laundering case. NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday raided the premises of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as part of its…
NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry granted approval to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute former chief minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal along with former deputy chief minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the alleged liquor scam, news agency ANI reported citing sources.A special…
NEW DELHI: In one of the single-biggest restitution exercises undertaken by ED, involving the 32 lakh victims of the Agri Gold ponzi ‘scam’, the agency has begun the sale of attached properties, worth over Rs 6,000 crore, across multiple states.With the concurrence of the Supreme Court and the Andhra Pradesh HC, favouring distribution of attached…
Supreme Court of India and Partha Chatterjee (Picture credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Enforcement Directorate (ED) about its low conviction rate in money laundering cases during a bail hearing for former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee. Chatterjee has been jailed for over two years awaiting trial in a teacher…
Abbas Ansari (File photo/IANS) The Supreme Court granted bail to MLA Abbas Ansari on Friday in a money laundering case. Ansari, the son of the late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, received the relief from a bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and Pankaj Mithal.SC had sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on an appeal…
Purushottam Mandhana, promoter of Mandhana Industries, used business loans for personal benefit and caused a loss of Rs 975 crore to a Bank of Baroda-led consortium of lenders, the Enforcement Directorate has said in its charge sheet. Observing that there was a prima facie case against Mandhana and others, a special court for Prevention of…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a money-laundering case against Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The ED’s action comes in response to a state Lokayukta FIR, registered last week, that accuses the CM and others of irregularities in the allotment of land…
Representational image NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached fresh assets worth Rs 29.75 crore of fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi under the anti-money laundering law. A provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach these assets that are in the form of bank…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court, while fixing a batch of petitions seeking review of its 2022 order on validity of various provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, has observed whether review petition is an appeal in disguise.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, C T Ravikumar and Ujjal Bhuyan asked whether review proceedings would partake…
