The Bombay High Court has stayed Nayak's arrest until it hears his bail plea on Friday.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police was arrested by the Special Investigation Team yesterday in connection with the multicrore stamp paper scam.
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.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Vinod Bhatt was found dead in between Matunga and Dadar railway stations.
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.
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.
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.
Nayak shot into fame for killing more than 50 persons of underworld gang in separate encounters during his posting in Mumbai Crime Branch.
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 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.
Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha in December for "unethical conduct", has been renominated by her party from West Bengal's Krishnanagar seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau says Saili Joshi is a prime accused in the scam.
The Andhra Pradesh police on Friday told the Supreme Court they will not arrest Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu in the FiberNet case till October 18 due to the pendency his petition related to the Skill Development Corporation scam in the apex court.
Former Mumbai police chief Mendoca says problem arose when Bhujbal desired postings of officers of 'your choice to particular positions in violation of the existing norms'.
A day after getting bail from Hyderabad high court, Telangana TDP MLA A Revanth Reddy and two others were on Wednesday released from Cherlapally Central Prison in Hyderabad, with scores of cheering supporters of Reddy raising slogans and waving Telugu Desam flags.
Delhi Police claims that the FIR reveals serious cognizable corruption & cheating offences, so matter is within its jurisdiction.
Over 6,900 corruption cases probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation were pending trials in different courts, 361 for more than 20 years, according to the latest annual report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). Besides, as many as 658 corruption cases were pending CBI investigation, 48 for more than five years.
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.
Delhi's power circles can expect a surprise when a not-so-known officer is appointed to head the CBI.
The Jharkhand government has ordered a probe by the Anti-corruption Bureau into the alleged amassing of disproportionate assets by former ministers in the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state.
The ACB had issued notices to MLAs Bhanwarlal Sharma and Vishvendra Singh, who have been suspended from the party for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple the Ashok Gehlot-led government, to appear for investigation, but they failed to do so.
Acting on the directions of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal, the CBI on Thursday registered an FIR against former Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query case, officials said.
Pawar, who was also the deputy CM in the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, which was in power from November 2019 to June 2022, enjoys the image of a grassroot leader and an able administrator.
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".
Jayant Naiknavare, deputy inspector general of police (VIP security), will replace Pandey as the Nashik police commissioner.
On December 19, the ACB in the affidavit gave a clean chit to Ajit Pawar in the alleged Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation scam.
With the brewing furore over the incident of an IG's minor son driving an official police vehicle, a court in Thrissur has ordered a case to be registered in the matter.
After inaugurating development projects worth nearly Rs 5,000 crore for boosting the agri-economy in the Union territory, Modi said he was "elated to be among the wonderful people of Srinagar".
The Central Bureau of Investigation has unleashed a countrywide campaign to curb corruption on Wednesday. All the16 heads of zones are conducting special drives in their respective areas.
The case lodged against him by one of the Customs officials is pending before the special judge, Thiruvananthapuram.
Latching onto a new survey's findings on corruption in Delhi Police, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday stepped up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he should "stop being stubborn" and hand over police and Anti-Corruption Branch to AAP government.
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday arrested a second party legislator Sandra Venkata Veeraiah after interrogating him in connection with the case.
The court had on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer Bhujbal till May 25.
The Enforcement Directorate had last week arrested Chhagan Bhujbal's associate and chartered accountant Sunil Naik in connection with the case.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday alleged that the Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered an FIR against him at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the "administrative and financial irregularities" in the functioning of the Delhi Commission for Women.
A local court in Vijayawada remanded Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu in judicial custody for 14 days in an alleged multi-crore corruption scam on Sunday.
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