News for 'Economic Offences Wing'

Khurshid controversy: EOW starts collecting documents

Khurshid controversy: EOW starts collecting documents

Rediff.com15 Oct 2012

The Economic Offences Wing of the Uttar Pradesh Police has launched a probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds by a trust run by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise. "Four teams have been constituted to conduct probes in 17 districts where irregularities are suspected. Whether this suspicion is wrong or right only time will tell," Director General of EOW Subrata Tripathi told reporters.

22 booked for sending Digvijay hate messages

22 booked for sending Digvijay hate messages

Rediff.com1 Oct 2011

Twenty-two people who used websites to allegedly post "highly offensive" content against Congress leader Digvijay Singh will face a criminal case following a complaint filed by him.

Harsh Mander's NGO among 2 booked over financial irregularities

Harsh Mander's NGO among 2 booked over financial irregularities

Rediff.com20 Feb 2021

The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has registered a case against two NGOs in connection with financial irregularities, an official said on Saturday.

Man forges letter using Khurshid's name for Mecca visit

Man forges letter using Khurshid's name for Mecca visit

Rediff.com2 Apr 2013

A man allegedly forged a letter in the name of External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and presented it before the consul general of Saudi Arabia to procure a visa to visit Mecca and Medina, police said on Tuesday.

Enforcement directorate takes over Amar Singh case

Enforcement directorate takes over Amar Singh case

Rediff.com29 Oct 2009

The Enforcement Directorate will now, along with the Uttar Pradesh police' Economic Offences Wing, investigate the Rs 500-crore fraud alleged to have been played by Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh.

Mumbai police attach 12 properties of Kripashankar, family

Mumbai police attach 12 properties of Kripashankar, family

Rediff.com2 Mar 2012

12 properties of former Mumbai city Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family were on Friday attached by the Mumbai police, three days after lodging an FIR against them for possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.

PMC Bank scam key accused nabbed in Bihar while trying to flee India

PMC Bank scam key accused nabbed in Bihar while trying to flee India

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

A key accused in the infamous PMC bank scam of Maharashtra was caught in Bihar while trying to sneak into Nepal, an immigration official said here on Thursday.

Punish me if I'm guilty in Indore mall case: Digvijay

Punish me if I'm guilty in Indore mall case: Digvijay

Rediff.com19 Oct 2012

A day after the Madhya Pradesh high court asked Central Bureau of Investigation to probe Treasure Island mall case allegedly involving him, Congress general secretary Digvijay

Bihar cops obtain reference NEET papers, ED likely to join probe

Bihar cops obtain reference NEET papers, ED likely to join probe

Rediff.com22 Jun 2024

The Bihar Police's Economic Offences Unit, which is probing the alleged National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) paper leak case, on Saturday claimed to have obtained reference question papers of the test conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) and planned to compare these with documents recovered from a flat in Patna during a search operation last month.

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.

16 CBI officers get police medals

16 CBI officers get police medals

Rediff.com26 Jan 2009

President Pratibha Patil has conferred police medals on sixteen officers of the country's premier investigative agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation

Educomp refutes accounts manipulation

Educomp refutes accounts manipulation

Rediff.com21 Jan 2009

After its stock fell 22 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange, education solutions provider Educomp Solutions filed a complaint with the Additional Commissioner of Police, Economic Offences Wing, Crime Branch (Delhi Police) to identify the source of malicious emails alleging account manipulation, and has sought action against them.

Satyam fiasco: CID begins probe

Satyam fiasco: CID begins probe

Rediff.com9 Jan 2009

Director general of police S S P Yadav will personally supervise the investigation, highly-placed police sources told PTI.

Mumbai police arrest Speak Asia COO

Mumbai police arrest Speak Asia COO

Rediff.com29 Jul 2011

Bajpai, who is the most prominent face of the online survey company's India operations, was arrested under Indian Penal Code for cheating and conspiracy.

HC seeks report on probe into Salman Khurshid's NGO

HC seeks report on probe into Salman Khurshid's NGO

Rediff.com16 Jan 2013

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday sought a report from the Economic Offences Wing of the Uttar Pradesh police on the investigation into alleged irregularities in Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise.

ED raids agro company owned by Sharad Pawar's grand nephew

ED raids agro company owned by Sharad Pawar's grand nephew

Rediff.com5 Jan 2024

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched premises of Baramati Agro, a company owned by MLA Rohit Pawar, grand nephew of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, and linked entities as part of a money laundering probe into the alleged Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scam, official sources said.

5 hrs, 30 questions: Actress Nora Fatehi grilled in conman case

5 hrs, 30 questions: Actress Nora Fatehi grilled in conman case

Rediff.com15 Sep 2022

Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi was on Thursday questioned for nearly five hours by Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing for investigation in connection with an extortion case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, officials said.

Auditors in league with Rajus: Andhra police

Auditors in league with Rajus: Andhra police

Rediff.com27 Jan 2009

Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju, ex-CEO B Rama Raju and ex-CFO Vadlamani Srinivas in window-dressing the company's accounts, according to the remand case diary filed by the Economic Offences Wing of the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department.

BharatPe files arbitration to claw back co-founder Ashneer Grover's 1.4% shares

BharatPe files arbitration to claw back co-founder Ashneer Grover's 1.4% shares

Rediff.com9 Dec 2022

Upping the ante, fintech unicorn BharatPe has filed an arbitration for clawing back it's former MD and co-founder Ashneer Grover's restricted shareholding and founder title, sources said. The arbitration was filed on Thursday under Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) rules, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. If relief is granted, Grover may lose his unvested shares and right to use the founder title.

Subjected to prosecution to create chilling effect, NewsClick tells Delhi HC

Subjected to prosecution to create chilling effect, NewsClick tells Delhi HC

Rediff.com8 Nov 2023

NewsClick on Wednesday alleged in the Delhi high court that investigating agencies were abusing the process of law to subject it to criminal prosecution to create a "chilling effect".

EOW takes over fraud case against Amar Singh

EOW takes over fraud case against Amar Singh

Rediff.com29 Oct 2009

The Uttar Pradesh government has handed over the case against Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and others for alleged financial fraud amounting to Rs 500 crore to the Economic Offences Wing of the state police, official sources said.

'Dalmiya misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore'

'Dalmiya misappropriated over Rs 2.90 crore'

Rediff.com24 Mar 2008

The Economic Offences Wing has alleged that the former BCCI president diverted funds from a bank account in Kolkata meant for paying legal fees towards various other expenses.

Jignesh Shah trying to recover money from defaulters

Jignesh Shah trying to recover money from defaulters

Rediff.com5 Dec 2013

Two days after Mumbai Police attached his properties, Jignesh Shah, director of the beleaguered National Spot Exchange Ltd, on Thursday told investigators that he was making "relentless" efforts to recover money from defaulters.

After Malik another NCP min faces ED heat, Tanpure's 94-acre land attached

After Malik another NCP min faces ED heat, Tanpure's 94-acre land attached

Rediff.com28 Feb 2022

He is the fourth leader of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party, which is ruling in alliance with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra, to face the heat from the central agency.

Fake firm head held in Rs 20-crore fraud

Fake firm head held in Rs 20-crore fraud

Rediff.com28 Dec 2009

Police suspect the accused identified as Digambar Patil might have cheated many more as he had 350 agents spread across the city to lure investors--most of them are middle class people.

UP police' EOW to take over Amar Singh case

UP police' EOW to take over Amar Singh case

Rediff.com27 Oct 2009

The Economic Offences Wing of the Uttar Pradesh police will investigate the case against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh, who has been accused in a Rs 500-crore scam.

Dalmiya's perjury case against BCCI taken up

Dalmiya's perjury case against BCCI taken up

Rediff.com28 Mar 2008

The Calcutta high court on Friday took up Jagmohan Dalmiya's perjury case against the Board of Control for Cricket in India and its president Sharad Pawar for allegedly producing false documents before it. Justice Nadira Patheriya directed that the matter be heard on April 18.

SC stays shifting of HDIL promoters from jail to home

SC stays shifting of HDIL promoters from jail to home

Rediff.com16 Jan 2020

A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobe and justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant took note of the submissions of solicitor general Tushar Mehta that the high court order, to the extent of allowing their release from prison, needed to be stayed.

Dalmiya quizzed by Mumbai Police

Dalmiya quizzed by Mumbai Police

Rediff.com27 Mar 2006

The former BCCI chief appeared before the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai police

SC trashes bail plea of ex-CMD of Amrapali Group

SC trashes bail plea of ex-CMD of Amrapali Group

Rediff.com5 May 2023

The Supreme Court has dismissed the bail plea of jailed former CMD of Amrapali Group of Companies Anil Kumar Sharma, saying he doesn't deserve "sympathy" after having siphoned off the hard-earned money and life savings of thousands of homebuyers. "You have cheated thousands of homebuyers. You siphoned off their hard-earned money and their life savings. You do not deserve any sympathy," a bench comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi said, and refused to issue notice to the prosecuting agency on the bail plea of Sharma who has been in jail for over four years in the case. "Yours is not a case of simple cheating. See the plight of thousands of home buyers. You cannot have our sympathy. You better enjoy being in jail... This court is very aware of what you did.

Why the Mumbai underworld is resurfacing

Why the Mumbai underworld is resurfacing

Rediff.com3 Aug 2010

Are the silenced guns of the Mumbai police causing the Mumbai underworld to rear its head? Is there a connection with the fewer number of gangsters killed in alleged encounters by the Mumbai police in recent time and the underworld being again in the spotlight? Investigates N Ganesh.

PMO staff arrested in fraud case

PMO staff arrested in fraud case

Rediff.com24 Jan 2009

An employee of the Prime Minister's Office has been arrested in connection with a case of alleged embezzlement.

MSCB case: Ajit Pawar's associates get assets at throwaway prices, says court

MSCB case: Ajit Pawar's associates get assets at throwaway prices, says court

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

The case pertains to an alleged scam in the Sahakari Sakhar Kharkhana (co-operative sugar factories) and Sahakari Soot Girnis.

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.

Baazee CEO bail plea rejected

Baazee CEO bail plea rejected

Rediff.com18 Dec 2004

Lewd MMS row: Baazee CEO arrested

Lewd MMS row: Baazee CEO arrested

Rediff.com18 Dec 2004

The MMS had allegedly been put on the website of Bazee.com for sale.

Gangster-turned-legislator Arun Gawli gets bail

Gangster-turned-legislator Arun Gawli gets bail

Rediff.com3 Dec 2006

Granting bail to Gawli, the court observed that while police must ensure that the interests of the public are protected, they needed to be sure of what their jurisdiction was.

Police hint at evidence against Dalmiya

Police hint at evidence against Dalmiya

Rediff.com5 Apr 2006

The former BCCI chief is being questioned about alleged misappropriation of funds from the 1996 cricket World Cup account.

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.