Farooq Abdullah informs Enforcement Directorate he is not in Srinagar; won’t depose on February 13

Farooq Abdullah informs Enforcement Directorate he is not in Srinagar; won’t depose on February 13

Farooq Abdullah. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah has informed the agency he will not appear before it, in Srinagar, on February 13 as he is out of town,” official sources said. They said the Lok Sabha member from Srinagar … Read more

Enforcement Directorate searches premises of realty firm in Chennai

Enforcement Directorate searches premises of realty firm in Chennai

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday, January 19, 2024, launched searches at the premises of Syvanus King Peter, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Ocean Lifespaces India Private Limited, in Chennai. According to police sources, the Central agency opened an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) based on a case registered by the Central Crime Branch … Read more

ED need not furnish person accused under PMLA with copy of grounds of detention at the time of arrest: SC

ED need not furnish person accused under PMLA with copy of grounds of detention at the time of arrest: SC

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused under the PMLA with a copy of the grounds of detention at the time of his arrest, the Supreme Court clarified. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court has clarified in a judgment that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused … Read more

Income Tax dept., CBI and ED are used as frontline warriors of BJP: Congress

Income Tax dept., CBI and ED are used as frontline warriors of BJP: Congress

Congress leader Pawan Khera addressing the media at AICC, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A day after the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for demanding a bribe of ₹15 lakh in a chit fund case, the Congress on Friday mounted a fresh offensive against … Read more

Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick arrest | Crores in accounts, fake companies and a maroon diary

Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick arrest | Crores in accounts, fake companies and a maroon diary

West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick being taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata on Oct. 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI   The arrest of West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 27 over an alleged public distribution system (PDS) scam has sparked a political … Read more

Enforcement Directorate ‘targeting’ Sanjay Singh for raising Adani matter in Parliament: AAP

Enforcement Directorate ‘targeting’ Sanjay Singh for raising Adani matter in Parliament: AAP

AAP spokesperson Reena Gupta. File The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on October 4 alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has “targeted” their Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh as he raised issues related to the Adani Group in Parliament. “The party was reacting to the ED raids on the premises of Mr. Singh in connection with … Read more

ED attaches assets worth ₹5.87 crore in illegal online gambling case

ED attaches assets worth ₹5.87 crore in illegal online gambling case

File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached movable properties worth ₹5.87 crore in the form of balances available in the bank accounts of various individuals and entities in a case related to illegal online betting and gambling. The agency’s money laundering probe is based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered … Read more

Morning Digest | ED does not have power to seek police remand: T.N. Minister Senthil Balaji argues in SC; NCW chief meets victims of sexual violence in Manipur, and more

Morning Digest | ED does not have power to seek police remand: T.N. Minister Senthil Balaji argues in SC; NCW chief meets victims of sexual violence in Manipur, and more

Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity and Prohibition and Excise V Senthil Balaji addressing the media at Secretariat in Chennai. The Minister who is facing money-laundering charges in the cash-for-jobs scam, said on July 26, 2023 in the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) does not have the power to seek his police custody. | … Read more

Higher Education Minister Ponmudy taken in for questioning by ED

Higher Education Minister Ponmudy taken in for questioning by ED

K. Ponmudy arriving at the Directorate of Enforcement’s office at Shastri Bhavan in Nungumbakkam, in Chennai on Monday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday took in DMK Minister for Higher Education K. Ponmudy for questioning after conducting searches for 13 hours in Chennai and Villupuram, in connection with an … Read more

Delhi Excise policy | Court denies bail to Manish Sisodia in CBI case

Delhi Excise policy | Court denies bail to Manish Sisodia in CBI case

File photo of Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. The Rouse Avenue Court on March 31 denied bail to Manish Sisodia in a CBI case related to the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy scam. | Photo Credit: PTI The Rouse Avenue Court on March 31 dismissed the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish … Read more