News for '-eow'

Ex-MD of PMC Bank arrested; ED conducts raids

Ex-MD of PMC Bank arrested; ED conducts raids

Rediff.com4 Oct 2019

Property of Rs 3,500 crore belonging to the company was seized by the EOW, a police official said.

ED summons Maha NCP chief in IL&FS money laundering case

ED summons Maha NCP chief in IL&FS money laundering case

Rediff.com11 May 2023

The 61-year-old MLA from Islampur seat of Maharashtra has been asked to depose before the federal agency in Mumbai on Friday, they said. Patil, a former minister of home and finance, is also the Maharashtra president of the NCP and is a seven-term legislator.

Chh'garh govt moves SC against suspended IPS officer

Chh'garh govt moves SC against suspended IPS officer

Rediff.com10 Jul 2021

According to police, the documents recovered during the raids revealed that Singh was allegedly involved in promoting enmity and hatching a conspiracy against the established government and public representatives and was booked under sedition charges.

Vendetta politics? Forgery case against Scindia reopened

Vendetta politics? Forgery case against Scindia reopened

Rediff.com12 Mar 2020

An EOW release said Shrivastava on Thursday filed a new complaint against Scindia and his family, alleging that by falsifying a registry document, they sold him a piece of land at Mahalgaon which was smaller by 6,000 sq feet than the original agreement in 2009.

PMC scam: 2 HDIL directors arrested; property attached

PMC scam: 2 HDIL directors arrested; property attached

Rediff.com3 Oct 2019

Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan, accused of loan default, have been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing.

EOW writ in Pendse case quashed

EOW writ in Pendse case quashed

Rediff.com9 Aug 2003

Sebi bars five brokerage houses for six months

Sebi bars five brokerage houses for six months

Rediff.com29 Nov 2022

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday barred five brokerage houses for up to six months from making fresh applications seeking registration as commodity brokers as they failed to meet 'fit and proper' criteria in the NSEL case. The affected brokerage houses include India Infoline Commodities, Anand Rathi Commodities and Geofin Comtrade (banned for 6 months each), and Phillip Commodities and Motilal Oswal Commodities Broker (for 3 months each). "There were enough red flags for a reasonable person to come to conclude that what was being offered as paired contracts on NSEL were not spot contract in commodities," Sebi said in five separate orders.

SC terms filing of sedition cases as disturbing trend

SC terms filing of sedition cases as disturbing trend

Rediff.com26 Aug 2021

The bench expressed displeasure over the trend of filing of sedition cases just after senior advocate F S Nariman made opening submissions on behalf of Singh, saying 'the gentleman has served as the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) and was acting as the Director of the Police Academy and now the proceedings under section 124A (sedition) of the IPC have been initiated against him'.

PMC: Withdrawal limit hiked to Rs 40,000

PMC: Withdrawal limit hiked to Rs 40,000

Rediff.com15 Oct 2019

With this relaxation more than 77 per cent of the depositors will be able to withdraw their entire account balance.

Former Fortis promoter Malvinder Singh arrested

Former Fortis promoter Malvinder Singh arrested

Rediff.com11 Oct 2019

He was detained on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in Ludhiana and was formally arrested on Friday morning after he was brought to New Delhi by a team of the Economic Offences Wing, Additional Commissioner of Police (EOW) O P Mishra said.

Social media posts against Bihar govt, MPs, MLAs are now punishable

Social media posts against Bihar govt, MPs, MLAs are now punishable

Rediff.com22 Jan 2021

Objectionable social media posts against ministers, members of Parliament and the state legislature, other elected representatives and government officials shall be counted as cyber crime and warrant penal action, says a missive issued by a top police official in Bihar.

How the once mighty Singh brothers fell from grace

How the once mighty Singh brothers fell from grace

Rediff.com21 Oct 2019

From Ranbaxy to Religare, Aashish Aryan takes you through a maze of legal cases involving Malvinder Mohan Singh and his younger brother Shivinder Mohan Singh. Both are in police custody following a complaint of fund siphoning.

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder seek interim bail

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder seek interim bail

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

The court posted the matter for hearing on October 22.

Mumbai police book BJP leader Mohit Kamboj, court grants him protection

Mumbai police book BJP leader Mohit Kamboj, court grants him protection

Rediff.com1 Jun 2022

The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against former city Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing president Mohit Kamboj and two others on charges of cheating, an official said on Wednesday.

78 pc of PMC a/c holders can withdraw full deposit: FM

78 pc of PMC a/c holders can withdraw full deposit: FM

Rediff.com2 Dec 2019

Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha that in case of medical emergencies, marriages and other crisis situations, a depositor of the Maharashtra-based PMC Bank can withdraw up to Rs 1 lakh by invoking the 'hardship provisions' of the RBI.

ED arrests ex-Fortis promoter Shivinder Singh in RFL money laundering case

ED arrests ex-Fortis promoter Shivinder Singh in RFL money laundering case

Rediff.com12 Dec 2019

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh in a money laundering case related to the alleged misappropriation of funds at Religare Finvest. A team of ED officials went to Tihar Jail and placed Singh under arrest as per the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

SC pulls up Sukesh for repeatedly filing pleas from jail

SC pulls up Sukesh for repeatedly filing pleas from jail

Rediff.com21 Nov 2022

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed unhappiness over alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar repeatedly filling pleas, saying "affordability" is no reason to file multiple petitions.

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder sent to 14-day judicial custody

Ex-Fortis promoters Malvinder, Shivinder sent to 14-day judicial custody

Rediff.com17 Oct 2019

The investigating officer of the Delhi police, in the remand application, had sought custodial interrogation of the accused saying it was required to identify the persons to whom the alleged siphoned off money was transferred and to ascertain the purpose of creating the shell companies.

300 NSEL brokers face heat from Mumbai police

300 NSEL brokers face heat from Mumbai police

Rediff.com1 Oct 2018

Sebi filed a criminal complaint against the brokers with the economic offences wing, which on Friday registered a case under the Forward Contract Regulation Act 1952.

Congress leader Kripashankar Singh discharged in assets case

Congress leader Kripashankar Singh discharged in assets case

Rediff.com14 Feb 2018

He was discharged for want of sanction for his prosecution.

Ex-Fortis promoter Shivinder Singh gets bail in money laundering case

Ex-Fortis promoter Shivinder Singh gets bail in money laundering case

Rediff.com23 Jul 2020

The high court imposed various bail conditions on him, including that he shall not tamper with the evidence or influence witnesses, directly or indirectly.

Now, NSEL brokers face police heat

Now, NSEL brokers face police heat

Rediff.com8 May 2014

Around 200 brokers are said to be involved in the scam; they have been summoned for questioning. Major brokerages questioned by the EoW so far include Anand Rathi, Motilal Oswal, India Infoline and Geojit Comtrade.

ED raids activist Harsh Mander's premises in Delhi

ED raids activist Harsh Mander's premises in Delhi

Rediff.com16 Sep 2021

Sources said his residence and NGO offices located in south Delhi's Vasant Kunj, Adchini and Mehrauli areas are being searched under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

FIR against PMC Bank brass puts loss at Rs 4,355 cr

FIR against PMC Bank brass puts loss at Rs 4,355 cr

Rediff.com1 Oct 2019

Police FIR reveals the bank had replaced 44 loan accounts of HDIL with 21,049 fictitious loan accounts. These 21,049 were actually not created in the core banking solution of the bank, but were mere entities in the advances master indent submitted to RBI for conducting its inspection for the year ended March 2018.

ED attaches over Rs 150-crore assets of Unitech promoters

ED attaches over Rs 150-crore assets of Unitech promoters

Rediff.com30 Mar 2021

Properties worth over Rs 150 crore of real estate firm Unitech Group have been attached in a money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday. The assets include a dozen of land pieces measuring a total of 48.56 acres in Gurgaon near Delhi.

Lookout notice issued against Yash Birla in cheating case

Lookout notice issued against Yash Birla in cheating case

Rediff.com1 Feb 2014

A lookout notice has been issued against industrialist Yash Birla in connection with a cheating case registered against his firm Birla Power Solutions, police said.

1st arrest in NSEL scam, top official held

1st arrest in NSEL scam, top official held

Rediff.com9 Oct 2013

In the first arrest in the NSEL's Rs 5,600 crore (Rs 56 billion) payout scam, a top official of the beleaguered spot commodity bourse, which defaulted on its payment for the eighth time in a row yesterday, was held on Wednesday by Mumbai police's Economic Offence Wing (EOW).

NSEL crisis: Lookout notice issued against Jignesh Shah

NSEL crisis: Lookout notice issued against Jignesh Shah

Rediff.com4 Oct 2013

The investigators have already served summons to Shah and others directing them to appear before them for questioning.

Bank FD scam gets bigger, 9 FIRs filed

Bank FD scam gets bigger, 9 FIRs filed

Rediff.com29 Aug 2014

Total scam in collusion with middlemen is estimated at over Rs 700 crore. Probe is on in 10 more cases.

NSEL scam: ED initiates probe, suspects money laundering

NSEL scam: ED initiates probe, suspects money laundering

Rediff.com14 Oct 2013

In a fresh development in NSEL's Rs 5,600 crore scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday registered a preliminary inquiry into the payment crisis, suspecting large-scale money laundering in the beleaguered spot exchange, a senior official said.

Sharad, Ajit Pawar booked in Rs 25,000 cr bank scam

Sharad, Ajit Pawar booked in Rs 25,000 cr bank scam

Rediff.com24 Sep 2019

The ED slapped criminal charges of money laundering on the basis of the Mumbai Police FIR that was filed in August this year, which itself was filed on the basis of a similar complaint by the state economic offences wing.

The case that will make builders more accountable

The case that will make builders more accountable

Rediff.com5 Apr 2017

Karan Choudhury reports on the implications of the strict Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act and the prosecution of Unitech MDs, Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, in an alleged fraud case.

Tribunal rules in favour of Jackie Shroff in I-T dispute

Tribunal rules in favour of Jackie Shroff in I-T dispute

Rediff.com28 Sep 2018

The issue dates back many years when the actor and others proposed bringing Sony TV channel to India.

FIR likely against Jignesh Shah, former NSEL brass

FIR likely against Jignesh Shah, former NSEL brass

Rediff.com19 Sep 2013

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai city police is expected to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Jignesh Shah, promoter of Financial Technologies and vice-chairman of National Spot Exchange (NSEL), and former senior management officials in connection with the current payment crisis.

Dalmiya, others interrogated

Dalmiya, others interrogated

Rediff.com4 Apr 2006

Jagmohan Dalmiya, Kishore Rungta and Jyoti Bajpai were questioned in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds from the 1996 World Cup account.

ED makes first arrests in IL&FS case

ED makes first arrests in IL&FS case

Rediff.com19 Jun 2019

Joint MD of the company Arun K Saha and MD of transportation network K Ramchand were arrested late evening in Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Dalmiya's staff interrogated

Dalmiya's staff interrogated

Rediff.com30 May 2006

The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police interrogated two employees of the former BCCI chief in Kolkata.

Shobhan Mehta's bail plea rejected

Shobhan Mehta's bail plea rejected

Rediff.com18 May 2005

Suspected bookie Shobhan Mehta alias Shobhan Kalachowkie is facing allegations of misusing telephone lines of MTNL to indulge in cricket betting.

NSEL scam: Court sends Sinha to jail custody till Oct 31

NSEL scam: Court sends Sinha to jail custody till Oct 31

Rediff.com18 Oct 2013

Claiming innocence, former head of the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) Anjani Sinha, held in the Rs 5,600 crore (Rs 56 billion) payment crisis, on said that he was acting under the board's pressure, sources said.

Yash Birla's business in deep trouble

Yash Birla's business in deep trouble

Rediff.com21 Feb 2014

Court cases, investigations, dwindling sales and fall in market capitalisation could make recovery a tough challenge.