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West Bengal post-poll violence: CBI detains six persons in Howrah

The CBI, as part of its probe into cases of post-poll violence in West Bengal, detained six persons on Monday for their alleged involvement in several criminal offences, agency sources said.

CBI arrests 7 in connection with alleged manipulation of JEE Mains exam

The CBI had arrested seven persons in connection with alleged manipulation of JEE Mains examination 2021, officials said Thursday. The CBI action came after registration of a case against Affinity Education Pvt Ltd and three directors --Siddharth Krishna, Vishwambhar Mani Tripathi and Govind Varshney -- besides other touts and associates. Mishra and Krishna are among the arrested persons, the officials said. It is alleged that the directors in conspiracy with other associates and touts were "manipulating the online examination of JEE (Mains) and facilitating aspiring students to get admission in top NITs in consideration of huge amount by solving the question paper of the applicant through remote access from a chosen examination centre in Sonepat(Haryana)", CBI Spokesperson RC Joshi had said.

Bengal post-poll violence: CBI files 3 more FIRs, total 31 cases registered

The CBI, as part of its probe into cases of post-poll violence in West Bengal, has filed three new FIRs in two places, agency sources said on Tuesday. According to the sources, the cases were filed in Purba Medinipur's Nandigram and Cooch Behar's Sitalkuchi areas. As many as 31 cases have been filed so far by the agency. After the TMC stormed back to power, the BJP accused the ruling party workers of unleashing violence on its members, leaving several of them dead. The saffron camp also claimed that many homes of party activists have been destroyed, and women raped in various parts of the state. The Calcutta High Court, after taking cognisance of an NHRC report on post-poll violence, handed over the probe to the CBI.

CBI conspiracy to override IO report in Deshmukh case: Cong; seeks SC probe

The Congress on Sunday claimed the Investigation Officer (IO) of the CBI had found no role of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in the allegations of collecting Rs 100 crore

Bengal post-poll violence: CBI starts probe, registers nine cases so far

After the Calcutta High Court's order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in West Bengal violence, the agency has started the investigation and so far registered nine cases in the matter

MHA recommends CBI probe into purchase of 1,000 buses by Delhi govt

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended a preliminary enquiry by the CBI into procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the Delhi government, officials said on Thursday.

Investigation in Sheena Bora murder case closed, CBI intimates Court

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has informed the special court in Mumbai that it will not carry out further investigation in the Sheena Bora murder case earlier this week

CBI books Fedderes Electric and its promoters in bank fraud case

The CBI has registered an FIR against Fedderes Electric and Engineering Limited and its promoters for allegedly cheating an SBI-led consortium of banks to the tune of Rs 1,028.94 crore, officials said Friday. The central probe agency conducted a search operation on Friday at seven locations in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and Bulandshahr. "It has been alleged in the complaint that the accused including private company & its Directors had cheated the banks by way of diversion of funds and sham transactions with related parties," a CBI spokesperson said. The agency has alleged that the company produced fabricated account books, misrepresented figures to borrow funds and siphoned off various loan proceeds. The allegations were based on forensic audit report, the spokesperson said. Along with the company, the CBI has also booked its promoters Akhtar Aziz Siddiqi, Sham Sundar Dhawan, Bindu Dogara, Ritushri Sharma, Arun Kumar Joshi and Randhir Jain.

Anil Deshmukh case: CBI gets nod to record Sachin Waze's statement

A special NIA court on Friday allowed the CBI to record the statement of dismissed police officer Sachin Waze as part of its probe into corruption allegations against NCP leader Anil Deshmukh

CBI team arrives in Kerala to begin fresh probe in ISRO spy case

The infamous ISRO spy case first surfaced in the mid nineties

Rs 2,435-cr bank fraud case: CBI books ex-Crompton Greaves chairman, others

The CBI on Thursday carried out searches at locations in Mumbai, Delhi and Gurgaon.

PNB scam: CBI files supplementary chargesheet against Gitanjali ex-official

Two officials of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) -- Sagar Sawant and Sanjay Prasad -- and a director of the Gili and the Nakshtra brands under the group, Dhanesh Seth, have also been named as accused

Long wait for the next flight to Dominica

Efforts by India to get back Mr Choksi will depend to a large extent on the response to the request for his repatriation from Dominica

Mehul Choksi's lifelong drive to do 'something big' ends in Caribbean trial

Bank fraud, Bollywood ambassadors and an offshore soap opera - the many acts of a fugitive diamantaire

Joint team from India arrives in Dominica for Choksi's deportation

Choksi's Dominica-based lawyer Wayne Marsh earlier told ANI that his client has been abducted from Antigua and taken to Dominica against his will

Multi-agency team in Dominica to bring Choksi if courts allow deportation

A team of multi-agency officials led by a CBI DIG has gone to Dominica to bring back Mehul Choksi to India if the courts in the Carribean island country allow his deportation to India

CBI books Ghosh Brothers Automobiles in Rs 168 cr bank fraud case

CBI said that it has registered a case against Guwahati-based Ghosh Brothers Automobiles and its promoters and directors in a bank fraud case worth Rs 168 crore

Keeping politics out of CBI will be Subodh Kumar Jaiswal's major challenge

CBI has many challenges ahead of it. The most recent is the Narada scam, which re­lates to a sting operation by the Narada News website in 2016 that had allegedly shown TMC leaders accepting bribes

IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal takes charge as CBI director

Jaiswal is a 1985-batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre

Accused, their liberty should not suffer due to 'dharna' by CM, Law Min: SC

Observing that while it did not approve 'dharna' by the CM and the Law Minister, the Supreme Court said the accused and their personal liberty should not suffer either on account of such protests