Normal life in Kashmir was disrupted on Tuesday following a strike call given by the hardline separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference against the curbs imposed on its chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani in New Delhi, which barred him from leaving the capital.
With payoffs in Bofors gun deal under the spotlight again, a former Central Bureau of Investigation officer who supervised the case claimed that alleged hawala dealer SK Jain told the probe agency he and Ottavio Quattrocchi received kickbacks from projects routed through them including the howitzer deal.
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The 3,064-page chargesheet, filed in a Jammu court under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code, names self-styled commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen terror group Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu and his alleged network of aides.
Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was detained by the police at the Srinagar airport and put under house arrest soon after his arrival from New Delhi. In the national capital, the chairman of the hard-line faction of the Hurriyat Conference was questioned by the Delhi police in connection with a hawala case. "He was detained at the airport and put under house arrest soon after his arrival from Delhi," said the party spokesperson.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday asked fire-brand separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani not to make 'false claims' about being detained by the Delhi police.Rubbishing claims of separatists that Geelani had been detained in Delhi, he said the separatist leader was 'completely free' and even takes his morning walks."He has been told to not to leave the city until he records his statement in connection with the alleged hawala case.
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Soon after being discharged, Mishra said he would go to the offices of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Central Board of Direct Taxes to lodge complaints against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal whom he had accused of corruption.
Michel, who was extradited from Dubai recently, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on December 22 and sent to a seven-day custody of the agency over money-laundering charges in the scam by a court.
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested aides of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda -- Manoj Punamiya and Arvind Vyas -- from Delhi in a case of alleged illegal investments and Hawala transactions.
Earlier in June this year, his another son, Shahid, who was working in the agricultural department of the Jammu and Kashmir government, was arrested in the same case.
The passport of Sanjay Choudhary, close aide of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, has been revoked as part of the investigations into the alleged multi-crore illegal investment and hawala racket involving the duo and some others.Sources said Choudhary, who is alleged to be the main money bag for Koda, is currently hiding in Dubai.
Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma convicted Md Amin Wani and Lutfur Rahman of various offences under the Indian Penal Code, the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Explosive Substances Act.
The Income Tax department on Tuesday raided more than 60 places across the country in connection with the alleged illegal investments and hawala transactions case involving Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Madhu Koda.
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For the first time, the National Investigation Agency will be sending a judicial request to Pakistan for the arrest of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, declared a proclaimed offender and chargesheeted by the agency for allegedly pumping money into Jammu and Kashmir for terror activities.
Mohammad Younis, an immigrant from Pakistan living in the United States, has been charged for providing money to Faisal Shahzad, who has pleaded guilty for trying to blow up part of Times Square in May this year. Younis, who lives in Long Island, allegedly gave thousands of dollars to Shahzad as part of a 'hawala' money transfer from Pakistan. However, Younis, 44, was unaware that money would be used in a terror plot.
The special judge, Pankaj Kumar, ordered issuance of letters of request in the name of the five countries to enable ED officials to conduct investigation. SR Das, the counsel for ED told the court that the visit was necessary as the agency had unearthed facts about the illegal investments and hawala transactions made in these countries by the accused.
The Reserve Bank of India does not have any estimate of alleged illegal gold transactions going on in the country, according an RTI reply.
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches on the premises of realtor EMMAR MGF in connection with the multi-crore illegal Hawala and investment case involving former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda.
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue Govindacharya said that Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje should quit on moral grounds in the wake of the Lalit Modi controversy as from common man's perception they are "guilty".
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, facing money laundering and corruption charges, on Thursday failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate citing reasons of election campaigning in interior areas of the state.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday declined to comment on the ongoing probe into the alleged hawala transactions and investments involving former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. "I will not comment as the topmost investigating agencies, the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department, are conducting their probe. The media should not be a police officer nor is it competent (to reach conclusions)," Prasad told reporters.
Shivakumar's lawyers Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Dayan Krishnan opposed the ED's plea for custodial interrogation saying that he had joined the probe and never absconded.
The Income Tax authorities on Saturday took into possession some files relating to allotment of mining leases since 2004 when Madhu Koda, who is accused of hawala transactions, was the Jharkhand mines minister.
The income tax department on Wednesday sealed some rooms and almirahs at the Ranchi residence of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, embroiled in the alleged hawala transaction and illegal investments running into more than Rs 2,000 crore.
The Income Tax department has begun sealing properties and issued prohibitory orders around the premises of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates in the alleged hawala transactions and illegal investments case.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency is making all-out efforts to revive terrorism in Punjab by providing funds to radical groups, state Director General of Police Paramdeep Singh said in Jalandhar on Saturday.
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A special team of the Enforcement Directorate will soon visit several countries as part of its probe into the alleged multi-crore hawala and illegal investment case against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates.
Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda was arrested on Monday morning in the Hawala scam totaling to about Rs 2,000 crore.
In 2005, Koda had movable assets worth Rs 13 lakh, and by 2009, they rose to over Rs 94 lakh. His immovable assets also doubled to over Rs four lakh during this period. These disclosures were made by Koda himself -- first in the affidavit he filed with the Election Commission at the time of contesting the assembly elections in 2005 and then earlier this year when he fought the Lok Sabha polls.
This came to light following the arrest of five people in a case in which Rs 13,85,000 obtained from sale of goods sent from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) was allegedly distributed among terrorists and others associated with LeT outfit for terrorist activities in the Valley, they said.
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The first five years of Koda's life as a BJP legislator were uneventful: he used this time to consolidate relationships. But elections came around in 2005 and the BJP turned down Koda's claim of a nomination. He contested as an Independent from his old constituency and won.
With former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda discharged from a Ranchi hospital on Sunday, the Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to him to appear before it on November 15 in Delhi.
After a Ranchi court on Saturday sent Vikash Sinha, an associate of Madhu Koda, to its custody, the Enforcement Directorate is probing the role of cabinet colleagues of the former Jharkhand chief minister in obtaining and routing of money, which was later allegedly used for hawala transactions.
Vikas Sinha, an associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, was on Friday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in Ranchi for his alleged role in carrying out hawala transactions and illegal investments.Sinha, brother of another associate Binod Sinha, will be produced before a local court, where the ED will seek his police remand before he is sent to the Directorate's regional headquarters in Patna.
