ECL official dies during CBI raid at his residence in coal-smuggling racket case
KOLKATA: Even as the CBI raided 45 locations across West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand on Saturday in connection with a coal-smuggling racket, a security official of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) died during a search operation at his residence. Deceased Dhananjay Roy was posted as a Security Inspector at the state-run firm in Kunustoria […]
CBI takes over Rs 25,000 crore Jammu and Kashmir land scam case
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over three cases linked to the ignorance of Roshni Act provisions in Jammu and Kashmir while conferring ownership rights of state land to “undeserving persons” in 2015 by inflicting a loss Rs 25,000 crore to the state exchequer. The probe agency took over these cases […]
CBI books HDIL’s Wadhawans in Rs 200 crore loan fraud, raids 10 places
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday carried out searches at 10 locations, including the residential premises of HDIL promoters Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan in connection with Rs 200 crore loan from Yes Bank to a private company named Mack Star. According to CBI officials, its sleuths carried out searches at the […]
CBI books Karnataka Congress President for possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs 74.93 crore
BENGALURU: After a day-long search operation in 14 properties spread across three states allegedly owned by Karnataka’s powerful Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar, the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Monday registered a case of amassing Rs 74.93 crore worth assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. A statement released by the CBI stated that […]
Kerala government moves High Court to quash FIR filed by CBI against ‘Life Mission’
KOCHI | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government on Wednesday moved the High Court to quash an FIR filed by the CBI, naming ‘Life Mission’, a housing project of the state envisaging total housing for the homeless, for alleged violation of Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act. The state cabinet had earlier in the day entrusted Life Mission CEO […]
CBI books IRS officer in disproportionate assets case
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered an FIR against an Indian Revenue Service officer on the charge of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The CBI registered a case against Rajagopal Manohar on the charge of amassing movable and immovable assets valued at Rs 1.39 crore in […]
CBI books two GST officials for demanding Rs 5 crore bribe
NEW DELHI: The CBI has booked ex-deputy commissioner service tax anti-evasion in GST Department Sudha Rani Chilaka and department superintendent Sreenivasa Gandhi Bollineni for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs five crore to settle a wrongful input tax credit case probed by them, officials said on Saturday. It is alleged that the officials posted in […]
CBI conducts searches over illegal use of land to raise Ambience Mall in Gurugram
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Monday conducted searches at four locations after filing a case of illegal conversion of residential land to raise the swanky Ambience Mall in Gurgaon, officials said. The CBI has registered an FIR on the orders of Punjab and Haryana High Court which had termed the mall illegal. The High Court […]
CBI books Delhi jeweller for Rs 53 crore bank fraud
NEW DELHI: The CBI has booked a Delhi-based jeweller, Ginni Gold Pvt Ltd, and its five directors for alleged bank fraud causing loss of Rs 53 crore to Union Bank of India, officials said Thursday. Along with the company, the CBI has also named guarantor company S K G Doors Pvt Ltd and its two […]
Extend loan automatically to all eligible borrowers without fear of CBI, CVC and CAG: Nirmala Sitharaman to banks
NEW DELHI: India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said banks have been asked to extend loans automatically to eligible borrowers without fear of 3Cs — CBI, CVC and CAG. She said clear instructions have been given in a meeting with CEOs and MDs of public sector banks and financial institutions on Friday that the […]
CBI arrests BCCL official for taking bribe
NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested an official of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) for allegedly taking bribe for clearing retirement benefits for a superannuated employee, officials said on Wednesday. The agency caught Bhuteshwar Prasad Shaw, an official of East Basuria Colliery, Kusunda Area, BCCL, Dhanbad, red-handed while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 […]
Court extends CBI remand of Wadhawans in Yes Bank scam
NEW DELHI: A special court here on Friday extended till May 10 the CBI remand of DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan and RKW Developers promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan, arrested in connection with the Yes Bank scam. The duo was arrested last monthfrom a Mahabaleshwar- based quarantine facility, nearly 50 days after the CBI booked them in a […]
Maharashtra tells ED and CBI to take DHFL promoters into custody
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has asked the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take custody of the scam-accused DHFL group’s promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawans — whose institutional quarantine ends on Wednesday, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said here. “The Wadhawans’ quarantine will end at 2 p.m. today. On Tuesday, we wrote to the […]
CBI asks Satara authorities to not release Wadhawan brothers from COVID-19 quarantine without approval
NEW DELHI: The CBI has asked the Satara district authorities not to release DHFL promoter Kapil Wadhawan and RKW Developers promoter Dheeraj Wadhawan, both facing non-bailable warrants in a case against former Yes BankNSE 0.61 % CEO Rana Kapoor, from a government COVID-19 quarantine facility without an NOC from the agency, officials said on Friday. […]
CBI books GST Assistant Commissioner Deepak Pandit for undeclared income
NEW DELHI: The CBI has booked Deepak Pandit, an Assistant Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, in corruption charges for amassing assets worth over Rs 3.96 crore which are 376 per cent above his known sources of income, officials said on Friday. Pandit, a close relative of film personality Ashoke Pandit, is alleged to have […]
CBI court directs Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister to appear before it on January 10
HYDERABAD: A Special CBI court here has directed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to appear before it on January 10 in connection with alleged ‘quid pro quo’ investments into his firms. The court gave the direction on Friday while hearing a petition by him seeking exemption from personal appearance. Ever since Jagan […]