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ED arrests Supertech's chairman R K Arora in money-laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested real estate company Supertech's chairman and owner R K Arora on money-laundering charges on Tuesday, official sources said. Arora was taken into custody under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), following a third round of his questioning at the federal agency's office here, they said. He is expected to be produced before a special PMLA court here on Wednesday, where the ED will seek his further remand. The money-laundering case against the Supertech group, its directors and promoters stems from a clutch of FIRs registered by the police departments in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. In April, the ED had attached assets worth more than Rs 40 crore of the real estate group and its directors.

BJP harasses industrialists who want to make donations to Cong: Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday alleged that the BJP alone takes donations for elections and harasses industrialists who want to donate to Congress. Gehlot also accused the BJP-ruled government at the Centre of misusing central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED), Income Tax department and the CBI. "BJP alone takes donations in elections and is not letting others take donations. They harass industrialists who want to donate to Congress," the Chief Minister said addressing a public meeting after visiting an inflation relief camp in Dungarpur. Highlighting the schemes and programmes of his government, Gehlot said that none of the state government schemes were launched with elections in mind. He also requested people to vote for the Congress party in the upcoming Assembly elections so that it can retain power in the state. Gehlot also reiterated his demand for a law on right to social security to be passed at the central government level.

ED seizes unaccounted cash of Rs 1.4 cr in PG medical seat scam in T'gana

During the search and seizure action, various incriminating documents and digital data were seized

Covid centre scam: What it is and why ED is conducting raids across Mumbai?

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya had registered a money laundering case in August 2022, claiming that contracts awarded to multiple field hospitals in Mumbai lacked healthcare experience

ED raids 15 places in Mumbai in relation to Covid jumbo centre scam

The ED searched the premises of Suraj Chavan, a close aide of Shiv Sena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray and Sujit Patkar who is a close friend of MP Sanjay Raut

Senthil Balaji to undergo surgery on June 21, says TN health minister

Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian said that Balaji will undergo a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai; Balaji was arrested by the ED on June 14

ED freezes bank balances totalling Rs 31.74 cr for FEMA violation

In the instant money laundering case, the ED has seized Rs 3.14 Crore in cash and frozen a bank balance of Rs. 28.60 crore

ED moves to SC against HC order allowing Senthil Balaji's hospital transfer

ED moved to the SC against an order of Madras High Court allowing Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji to be moved to a private hospital in Chennai from the govt hospital following his arrest by ED

With Senthil Balaji's arrest, TN politics heading for direct DMK-BJP fight

The arrest of Senthil Balaji, who is considered very close to the Chief Minister and one of the pointsman of the party in Western Tamil Nadu, led to Stalin directly intervening

BJP leader's remarks of ED probe against 17 Nagaland officials spark row

The controversy generated by a BJP leader's statement that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is probing into the files of 17 senior officers in Nagaland has triggered a major socio-political row

ED seizes cash, gold, diamonds while raiding slain Atiq Ahmad's aides

The allegations against them include kidnapping, extortion and assault

ED seizes Rs 30.60 cr in assets linked to Pandora Papers Leaks case

Investments in securities worth Rs 30.60 crore have been seized in connection with an alleged foreign exchange violation case against Vikram Swarup and Gaurav Swarup whose name figured in global financial data leaks called 'Pandora Papers', the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Saturday. The Pandora leaks stated the Indian businessmen brothers were "beneficial owners" in a company, Epsilon Enterprises Ltd, incorporated in British Virgin Islands, the agency said in a statement. The 'Pandora Papers' global leaks surfaced in 2021 after the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) came out with 2.94 terabyte of data trove that exposed the offshore secrets of wealthy elites from more than 200 countries and territories including India. The investigation was stated to be based on a leak of confidential records of 14 offshore service providers that give professional services to wealthy individuals and corporations seeking to incorporate shell companies, trusts, ...

ED arrests 2 M3M directors in fresh money laundering case linked to bribery

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has arrested Basant Bansal and Pankaj Bansal, directors of Gurugram-based realty group M3M, in a money laundering probe linked to an alleged bribery case against a former judge and others. The two were taken into custody by the federal investigation agency on Wednesday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Basant Bansal and Pankaj Bansal were produced before a special PMLA court in Panchkula, which sent them to five-day ED custody, the agency said in a statement. The money laundering case in which the arrests have been made pertains to a Haryana Police Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR filed in April against Sudhir Parmar, a former special judge for ED and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases who was posted in Panchkula, his nephew and a third M3M group director Roop Kumar Bansal. According to the FIR, the ED said, reliable information was received that Parmar was showing "favouritism" to the accused, namely

AIADMK asks ED, I-T dept to probe corruption charges against Udayanidhi

In an audio tape allegedly of then Tamil Nadu finance minister, P Thiagarajan (PTR), there were allegations against Udayanidhi and Sabareesan

BJP wants to do its politics through ED, says Stalin on TN minister arrest

Once again training his guns against the ruling BJP over the Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against his cabinet colleague V Senthil Balaji, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday alleged the saffron party's leadership was engaged in "anti-people" politics and "wants to do its politics through the ED." In a video posted on his official Twitter handle, Stalin also slammed the ED for its handling of Electricity and Prohibition and Excise minister Balaji, which it had arrested, alleging the DMK leader was subject to "mental pressure," and subsequently suffered a health issue. "You all are aware of the unfair troubles being given to Senthil Balaji by the ED. None has any doubt that it is brazen political vendetta. Taking up a case that is 10 years old, he was confined and subjected to mental pressure. He was mentally and physically weakened and even suffered a life-threatening heart disease because of the ED. Can there be any more brazen political vendetta," Stalin ...

Tamil Nadu court rejects Senthil Balaji's plea against remand for 15 days

A Principal Sessions Court in Chennai rejected Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji's petition seeking to reject his remand for 15 days

TN SHRC member visits Senthil; quotes min as saying he was treated 'badly'

Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission (TNSHRC) member V Kannadasan on Thursday met arrested state minister V Senthil Balaji in a hospital and said the latter had told him he was "treated badly" by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials who had arrested him on June 14 in a cash for jobs scam. The opposition AIADMK took exception to Kannadasan's visit to the government hospital to meet Balaji, claiming he had spoken in favour of the ruling DMK in the past in TV debates. Citing his meeting Balaji, Kannadasan stated the minister said he was "treated badly" by ED officials during his arrest. "He said he was dragged and suffered an injury in his head," Kannadasan said. He said he visited the hospital based on both reports and complaints. However, only the doctors can confirm about the injuries said to have been suffered by Balaji, state Electricity and Excise and Prohibition minister. The TNSHRC will look into the matter, he added. Meanwhile, senior AIADMK leader and former MLA

ED arrests two promoters of Gurugram-based M3M in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Basant Bansal and Pankaj Bansal, directors of Gurugram-based realty group M3M, in a money laundering matter linked to an anti-corruption bureau case against a Panchkula-based former special court judge, official sources said Thursday. The two directors were taken into custody by the agency on Wednesday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The money laundering case in which they have been arrested pertains to a Haryana anti-corruption bureau (ACB) FIR filed in April against the former special court judge, his nephew and a third M3M group director Roop Kumar Bansal. The judge, according to the ACB FIR, was alleged to have been showing favouritism in the ED and CBI cases against the M3M group directors and another real estate group called IREO. The judge was later suspended by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. All the people accused in the ACB case have denied wrongdoing. The ED, on June 1, carried out

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TN Minister Senthil misused office to engineer cash-for-jobs 'scam': ED

Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji allegedly "misused" his office for illegal gratification and "engineered" a job racket scam in the state transport undertakings during 2014-15 with purported kickbacks paid by candidates through his associates, the ED informed a local court on Wednesday hours after arresting the DMK leader. Calling him the "prime suspect" in the cash-for-jobs case, the federal probe agency also stated in its custody papers that alleged unaccounted cash deposits worth about Rs 1.60 crore were made in the bank accounts of Balaji and his wife. Balaji, 47, was arrested under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the agency here on Wednesday after it launched searches the previous day at his premises and those linked to him in Chennai and some other locations. Chief Minister M K Stalin slammed the ED raids against Balaji as "intimidation politics" by the Centre. Balaji was admitted to a city government hospital after he complained of