Citing attempts to influence witnesses, the Supreme Court has cancelled bail of ex-Karnataka minister Vinay Kulkarni in BJP worker Yogesh Gowda's 2016 murder case
A CBI special court acquitted three ex-bureaucrats in the Mahugarhi, Jharkhand coal block case while convicting JAS Infrastructure and its then director Manoj Jayaswal for cheating and conspiracy
Singal, a 2007-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service, had allegedly demanded a total bribe of ₹45 lakh
CBI arrests ED officer Chintan Raghuvanshi in Odisha for allegedly accepting ₹20 lakh from a mining businessman as part of a ₹2 crore bribe to influence a money laundering case
CBI has arrested Chintan Raghuvanshi, a deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate in Odisha, for allegedly accepting a ₹20 lakh bribe from a mining businessman. Here's what we know.
Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, an accused in the Delhi excise policy case, moved court on Thursday seeking a no objection certificate (NOC) for the renewal of his passport. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh issued notice to Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and sought their replies by June 4, the next date of hearing. Kejriwal's counsel told the court that his passport expired in 2018 and he has moved the application seeking its renewal for 10 years. The CBI, meanwhile, told the judge that it is ready for arguments on framing of charges in the corruption case related to the alleged excise policy scam. While the corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 is being probed by the CBI, a money laundering case is being investigated by the ED. The money laundering case stems from the CBI's FIR which was lodged after Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena recommended a probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementat
The CBI arrested six people and dismantled two illegal call centres for allegedly cheating Japanese citizens using tech support scams, officials said Thursday. After registering the case as part of its crackdown on cybercriminals in Operation Chakra V, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) worked closely with the Japan National Police Agency and Microsoft to identify the syndicate members and their locations. "This collaborative international engagement proved critical in identifying the perpetrators and tracing the operational structure of the syndicates, ultimately leading to the successful crackdown in India," the CBI said in a statement. Once the locations were identified, the CBI teams swooped down on 19 locations in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday during which six alleged gang members were arrested and two illegal call centres were dismantled. The arrested were identified as Ashu Singh from Delhi, Kapil Ghakhar from Panipat, Rohit Maurya from Ayodhya, Shubha
Malik, who claimed to be currently hospitalised, has consistently denied any wrongdoing in the alleged ₹2,200-cr scam, saying the probe is looking to target him instead of the real culprits
A high-level selection panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly failed to reach a consensus on Sood's successor
A court here has issued a non-bailable warrant against diamantaire Mehul Choksi in the Canara Bank-led consortium loan fraud case involving about Rs 55 crore. Choksi, a prime accused in the multi-million dollar Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, was arrested in Belgium on April 12 following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies. The non-bailable warrant against him was issued recently by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Esplanade Court) R B Thakur. The matter has been adjourned to June 2 for a report on the warrant. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged that the Canara Bank and the Bank of Maharashtra had sanctioned Rs 30 crore and Rs 25 crore, respectively, as working capital facilities under a consortium agreement to Bezel Jewellery. The loan was granted for the manufacturing and sale of gold and diamond-studded jewellery, but the company allegedly did not use it for the intended purposes, according to the CBI. The company did not repay the loan, .
Father of the RG Kar rape and murder victim claims that the CBI is aware of the perpetrators behind his daughter's rape and murder but is withholding details, eroding his trust in the agency
In an unusual development, the Delhi High Court has remanded three CBI officials to the custody their own probe agency in a corruption case and said it "shakes the edifice of the machinery" whose primary duty was to bring the culprits to book. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, in an order on April 25, said, "It is one of the unique cases of rampant corruption in CBI, ED and such other departments, which shakes the entire edifice of our executive and the investigating machinery which have the primary duty of investigations in crime and bring the culprits to face the penalty corruption." The complaint showed it was not a stand alone case of corruption by the government officials but reflected a "large conspiracy" amongst the officials of various departments who took bribes to give undue advantage or impact and interfere in investigations and the functioning of these departments. "It is, therefore evident that in certain situations as in the present case which is to unearth the larger ...
The direction for a CBI probe after the registration of an FIR and subsequent investigation is not open to challenge by prospective suspects or accused, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. The significant observations were made by a bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Prashant Kumar Mishra in a judgement by which it upheld a Karnataka High Court order directing the CBI to conduct a thorough investigation into alleged murder of Bengaluru-based realtor K Raghunath in 2019. The apex court dismissed criminal appeals filed by several accused parties challenging the high court's decision. We are of the considered view that once an FIR is registered and investigation has taken place, direction for an investigation by the CBI is not open to challenge by the prospective suspect or accused. The matter for entrusting investigation to a particular agency is basically at the discretion of the Court, Justice Mishra, writing the judgement for the bench, said. The bench reaffirmed the ..
The Court has granted Police custody of arrested accused public servants for 4 days till April 19
A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran refused to interfere with the Kerala High Court order, which had declined to order a CBI investigation into his death
Days after diamantaire Mehul Choksi was arrested in Belgium, the CBI approached a court here seeking a Non-Bailable Warrant against him in another case where he and others are accused of cheating a Canara Bank-led consortium of Rs 55.27 crore. Choksi, a prime accused in the alleged multi-million dollar Punjab National Bank fraud, was arrested in Belgium on April 12 following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies. The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the Canara bank cheating case, approached the special CBI court here on Wednesday seeking an NBW against him. However, judge V P Desai sent the matter to a magistrate's court, saying his court had no jurisdiction. The judge cited a Supreme Court judgement which states that for a special CBI court to try a case under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, there must be alleged involvement of a public servant. In the present case, the charge sheet was filed only against private persons for offences under Indian Penal .
Mehul Choksi, 65, left India on January 2, 2018. He is wanted by the CBI and ED for allegedly cheating Punjab National Bank (PNB) out of ₹13,850 crore
A court here on Tuesday permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to seek transfer of the hearing in the closure report submitted by the agency in actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case to a designated court. The central probe agency had last month filed its closure report in the death case before the Bandra metropolitan magistrate's court. The actor was found hanging in his apartment in Mumbai's Bandra area on June 14, 2020 at the age of 34. In the conclusive medico-legal opinion to the CBI, forensic specialists at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) had dismissed the claims of "poisoning and strangling" made in the case, the CBI had said in its report. On Tuesday, the agency informed magistrate K C Rajput that it would move an application before the chief judicial magistrate to transfer hearing in the case to the Esplanade magistrate's court, which is designated to hear CBI cases. Magistrate Rajput permitted the same and said the agency is directed to ..
CBI has named former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel as an accused in the Mahadev Betting App case. The FIR lists 21 accused, with charges of fraud, conspiracy, and gambling violations.
A special CBI court here on Saturday acquitted former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice (Retd) Nirmal Yadav and four others in the 2008 cash-at-judge's door case. In the sensational case, a packet containing Rs 15 lakh was allegedly wrongly delivered at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, another sitting high court judge, on August 13, 2008. It was alleged that the cash was meant for Justice Nirmal Yadav as a bribe to influence a property deal. The Court of Special CBI Judge Alka Malik pronounced the verdict on Saturday. Defence counsel Vishal Garg said the court acquitted former Justice Nirmal Yadav and four others. There were a total five accused in the case, one of whom died during the trial. The court on Thursday had heard the final arguments in the case registered against Justice Yadav by the Central Bureau of Investigation and posted the pronouncement of verdict for March 29.