Retired IAS officer and former Secretary in the CMO K. Dhanunjaya Reddy. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Special Investigation Team (SIT) police arrested retired IAS officer and former Secretary in the CMO K. Dhanunjaya Reddy and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) P. Krishna Mohan Reddy in the alleged liquor scam. The SIT … Read more
Sludge and sediments being removed from the Mithi river. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Tuesday registered an FIR against five contractors, three Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, three middlemen, and two private company officials for wrongful loss to the civic body … Read more
The Crime Branch (CB) probing the alleged CSR funds scam in Kerala recorded Congress leader Laly Vincent’s detailed statement at its office at Thripunithura on Wednesday. Ms. Vincent has been named in eight FIRs registered by the Kannur police related to the scam. Emerging from the office after several hours, Ms. Vincent told a television … Read more
The Kozhikode Corporation Council has demanded the State government to speed up investigation into the building number scam in which the user IDs and passwords of Corporation employees were allegedly leaked to carry out fraud. The case is being investigated by the Vigilance department. Discussing a report submitted by Corporation secretary K.U. Bini on the … Read more
The Crime Branch (CB) of the Tripura police has not made any arrests in connection with its investigation into the ‘Cash for Marks’ scam that has rocked the Tripura Medical College (TMC). A faculty member has reportedly been identified as the leader of a racket that manipulates marks in exchange for large sums of money. … Read more
Image used for representation The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the prime accused in connection with a case regarding alleged irregularities in the recruitment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal on Friday, January 31. According to a statement by the CBI, searches were conducted at multiple locations and one of the … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Patna, carried out search operations at four locations linked to judge R.K. Mittal and other advocates in a money laundering case related to the alleged Patna Railway Claims Tribunal scam. The ED, in an official statement, said that the searches were carried out in Patna, Nalanda and Mangaluru and arrested three … Read more
A businesswoman from Hyderabad was duped on the pretext of updating limit of credit card. The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A 53-year-old businesswoman from Hyderabad fell victim to a ₹2.29 lakh credit card limit update fraud. The victim received a phone call from an individual claiming to … Read more
In yet another case of online scam, a 25-year-old woman from Udupi, Karnataka, lost Rs 1.94 lakh after clicking on a suspicious link. The woman was scrolling through social media when she came across a high-paying job advertisement. However, the link led her into a web of deceit. Initially, she was added to a group … Read more
Education Minister Bratya Basu said the accused will be arrested. File photo | Photo Credit: ASHOKE CHAKRABARTY More allegations of fraud relating to the West Bengal government’s ‘tablet scheme’ came to the fore on Thursday with several schools in Kolkata, South 24 Parganas and other districts alleging that money allocated for the students have been diverted to other … Read more