Pakistan's anti-graft body National Accountability Bureau on Thursday told Supreme Court that the evidence in a corruption case involving Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf was weak and unlikely to lead to conviction, a statement that irked the top court which directed him to submit to it all records of the investigation.
The special Anti-Corruption Bureau Court on Monday granted bail to the deputy commissioner of the city civic body, Chandrashekhar Rokade, in a graft case, shortly after he was remanded in judicial custody.
The Indian Army has let off 73 officers -- who were illegally selling weapons in Rajasthan -- with a mere reprimand or a token fine of Rs 500, despite the state government informing the Supreme Court on Monday that the gun racket extends to other parts of the country as well.
With Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy retiring this month-end, Director General (Anti Corruption Bureau) Hasan Gafoor has emerged the frontrunner for the top post, given his seniority, home department sources said.
Maharashtra home ministry has served notices to eight policemen including former police commissioner D N Jadhav over the missing file of the bulletproof jackets purchased by the Mumbai Police.
They said Chaudhary was arrested on Tuesday night after he was questioned at length in the case at the office of the central investigative agency in south Mumbai.
Maharashtra Director General of Police Sanjay Pandey has posted a message on his Facebook page about two posts of superintendents in the Anti-Terrorism Squad lying vacant, and invited aspirants to approach the department or contact him through the social media.
Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh were booked on Monday night by the state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau under relevant sections of the IPC (Indian Penal Code).
A day after he was cleared in a disproportionate assets case, suspended 'encounter specialist' Daya Nayak expressed hope that he would be reinstated in the police department. "I am ready to bounce back now. I hope the government reinstates me in the police department so that I can start my new life," the suspended police sub-inspector said on Saturday. The Anti Corruption Bureau of the city police, which probed the charges against Nayak, had filed a report before the court.
The Bombay high court deferred his bail hearing to Tuesday.
Before being appointed as the Mumbai police chief, Singh was posted as the Director General of the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau.
Based on the investigations so far, the SIT filed a memo in a special Anti-Corruption Bureau court in Hyderabad adding the names of Santhosh and two persons from Kerala--Jaggu Swami and Tushar Vellapally, besides B Srinivas, as accused in the case, they said.
The Election Commission on Sunday ordered the suspension of Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) Anjani Kumar for violation of the model code of conduct amid the counting of votes, sources said.
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Singh asserted that Deshmukh set a staggering collection target of Rs 100 crore for his officers, specifically from Mumbai, while also discussing plans to target key opposition figures, including former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Kejriwal also retweeted a post that quoted sources as saying that after the Bharatiya Janata Party's Bihar election defeat, "(PM Narendra) Modi has been weakened so others also have to be weaker".
The Rajasthan government has ordered the state's Director General of Police, A S Gill, to proceed on a long leave and handed over the charge to K S Bains, currently holding the post of special DG (Anti-Corruption Bureau), Home Department sources said on Saturday.The replacement has been affected in view of the ongoing Gujjar agitation, in which the police force under Gill could not control the situation, according to the home department.
In the midst of a bitter power tussle, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday met Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and discussed functioning of the elite Anti-Corruption Bureau, a day after Delhi high court ruled that it has authority to probe central government officials, including Delhi police personnel.
The 49-year-old Trinamool Congress leader was called for questioning twice earlier by the central agency, but she did not depose citing official work and sought deferment of the notice.
Former Central Bureau of Investigation joint director Amit Kumar, who is now posted as Chhattisgarh police ADG, led the probe into the coal scam that resulted in convictions in a number of cases.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police was arrested by the Special Investigation Team yesterday in connection with the multicrore stamp paper scam.
On a plea by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a special court on Saturday issued non-bailable warrant against suspended police inspector Daya Nayak
As a turf war continues between their political superiors in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party-nominated Anti Corruption Bureau chief SS Yadav has accused LG-appointee MK Meena of threatening and pressuring him and trying to hamper the functioning of the anti-graft body.
The Bombay High Court has stayed Nayak's arrest until it hears his bail plea on Friday.
In a major embarrassment to Tamil Nadu Governor and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah, an Anti-Corruption Bureau court in Hyderabad has issued a summon to him. He has been asked to be present in the court on August 2 in a land case.
Both the senior officers were arrested yesterday from their residences in Goa, CBI's Anti Corruption Bureau SP S S Gavli told PTI on Tuesday, refusing to divulge the exact location and names and designations of the officers.
Several Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, hit out at the BJP government at the Centre, saying agencies are targeting those who raised their voice against the ruling party.
If suitable action is not taken in corruption cases, it becomes normalised in society, the prime minister said. When a generation sees that a corrupt person in the family is let off without or very little punishment, their courage to indulge in corrupt activities grows manifolds, he said.
According to officials, seven employees of the Yojna Bhawan having access to the basement have been detained for questioning.
Nayak shot into fame for killing more than 50 persons of underworld gang in separate encounters during his posting in Mumbai Crime Branch.
"The Congress is "going to (fight) the election with unity" and it will win the polls," Sharma said after the meeting at Pilot's Civil Lines residence that lasted for nearly half an hour.
Pune-based astrologer Govind Chandok has been held on charges of duping people by claiming to be close to 'higher-ups' and fraudulently charging money to get things done.
The premises are alleged to be of the domestic help of Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary Sanjiv Lal.
Offices of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) across Pakistan reopened cases closed under National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), a controversial law issued by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf that was declared void by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
The Local Arms branch of the Mumbai Police Wednesday obtained permission from a sessions court in Mumbai to question Daya Nayak regarding the use of bullets assigned to him while he was in service.
