ED petitions SC for Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a counteraffidavit in the Supreme Court claiming that it has sufficient evidence to justify arrest of former finance minister P Chidambaram for money laundering under PMLA and his custodial interrogation is necessary to fully unravel the truth. Read More
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INX case: HC rejects ‘kingpin’ Chidambaram’s anticipatory bail plea

The Delhi high court rejected the anticipatory bail petitions of senior Congress leader and former Union finance minister P Chidambaram in the alleged corruption and money-laundering cases related to the INX Media. The court also said Chidambaram seems to be the “kingpin” in this case. Read More
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Ratul Puri, Kamal Nath’s nephew, arrested in bank-fraud case

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Ratul Puri, former executive director of Moser Baer India Limited and nephew of the Madhya Pradesh chief minister, Kamal Nath, for an alleged ₹354 crore bank-fraud case filed by the Central Bank of India. Read More
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‘FCRA violations’: CBI raids Indira Jaising, Anand Grover’s premises

The Central Bureau of Investigation, on Thursday, raided the house of senior lawyers Indira Jaising and her husband Anand Grover’s NGO. The agency accuses them of violating a law on foreign funding. Read More
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Pilatus scam: Case filed against Bhandari and IAF, MoD officials

The CBI has registered a case against unknown officials of the Air Force, defence ministry, businessman Sanjay Bhandari, and Switzerland-based company Pilatus Aircraft Ltd over charges of irregularities and corruption in procurement of 75 basic trainer aircraft in 2009. Read More
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15 more officials made to retire against corruption charges

15 more officials, all of whom have corruption allegations against them, were made to retire compulsorily by the centre as part of its renewed tough stance on criminal misconduct. Read More
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Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam Singh get clean chit in DA case

The Central Bureau of Investigation gave a clean chit to Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and party leader Akhilesh Yadav in relation to a case on disproportionate assets. The CBI filed an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court in this regard. Read More
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SC grants 7 days to ex-Kolkata top cop to seek protection from arrest

The Supreme Court vacated the interim protection from arrest given to former Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar and granted him seven days to to seek protection from arrest by the CBI for his alleged role in destroying evidence in the Saradha chit-fund scam. Read More
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Muzaffarpur horror: CBI says Thakur, his partners killed 11 girls

The Central Bureau of Investigation made a startling revelation in the Supreme Court that 11 girls were allegedly murdered by the key accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter-home sexual-abuse case, Brajesh Thakur, and his accomplices. Read More
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Mayawati may be in trouble as CBI files FIR in sugar mills case

The CBI has registered an first information report and six preliminary enquiries, a year after the Yogi Adityanath government recommended a probe into alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of 21 state-owned sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh in 2010-11, when Mayawati was the CM. Read More
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