Tag: Cbi

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the residence of retired Justice of Orissa High Court, IM Quddusi in New Delhi and his other occupied accommodations across the country after booking him for criminal conspiracy and corruption. The anti-corruption wing registered a case against Quddusi under section 120 B of IPC on […]

Bhubaneswar: Section 144 was clamped near the CBI office today after Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) activists clashed with the police here alleging vested interest by political parties behind the arrest of party legislator Prabhat Biswal. Early in the morning, members of the BCJD activists took out a bike rally from Cuttack and reached CBI […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Jananta Dal (BJD) on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on BJP and accused it of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for ‘political revenge.’ The statements of BJD came hours after the CBI arrested Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Prabhat Ranjan Biswal in connection with his involvement in the Seashore chit fund scam. […]

Bhubaneswar: Hours after his arrest in connection with Seashore chit fund scam, BJD’s Choudwar-Cuttack MLA, Prabhat Biswal termed CBI’s action as a ‘political conspiracy.’ Biswal, while coming out of the CBI court today evening cried foul and alleged injustice against him. Meanwhile, Biswal has been sent on 5-day CBI remand for further interrogation in connection […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: In a major embarrassment for Naveen Patnaik-led BJD, party MLA Prabhat Biswal from Cuttack-Choudwar was arrested by CBI on Monday night in connection with a fraudulent land deal with Seashore Group, official sources said. He was nabbed after a brief interrogation at CBI regional office here last night. “He went to the CBI office, […]

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar appealed to the people, especially the followers of Dera Sacha Sauda, to respect the court sentence against Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and help in maintaining peace in the state. Strict action would be taken against any person who attempts to disturb the law-and-order situation which was […]

New Delhi: The railways on Friday cancelled over 200 Haryana-bound trains as security concerns mounted ahead of CBI court’s verdict in a case involving Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh with lakhs of his supporters gathering in Panchkula town. A Northern Railway official told IANS: “At least 201 trains heading to Haryana on Friday have […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today granted conditional bail to Seashore owner Prashant Das, who has been lodged in the Jharpara circle jail after his arrest by the CBI four years ago for alleged involvement in chitfund scam in the State. The court asked Prashant to submit his passport and take permission of the Investigating […]

Rourkela: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday raided the house and business establishments of Surendra Dua, a well known businessman of Rourkela, allegedly over his links with a scam in Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). The officials claimed, Surendra’s links with the former executive director of the Steel Plant BP Burma helped him pass […]

Bhubaneswar: A special CBI court in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday sentenced Durga Prasad Mishra, group chief of chit fund firm Micro Finance Ltd, to 3-year imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of their money. The court has also directed Mishra to pay a compensation of Rs 215 crore failing which the properties of Micro […]

Bhubaneswar: Micro Finance chit fund company chief Durga Prasad Mishra was convicted in the CBI special court today. According to sources, the court has reserved its judgement and will pronounce the quantum of punishment on July 18. Durga had earlier pleaded guilty to his crimes before the Bhubaneswar special CJM in writing. CBI had arrested […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior Congress leader Srikant Jena today alleged there was a big scam behind shifting the LNG terminal project from Paradip to Dhamra and giving major stake to a private company, and demanded a CBI probe into the matter. “The LNG Terminal project site was shifted to Dhamra, which was originally slated to be set […]

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today carried out searches at 12 locations including Puri and Bhubaneswar with regard to irregularities in tender floated for maintenance of hotel during regime of former railway minister and RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav. The sleuths searched the Chanakya BNR hotel, Puri, in connection with the case. […]

Cuttack: President of Odisha Olympic Association (OOA), Sameer Dey, washed his hands off the land grab controversy today. A case was filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Asirbad Behera after raids were conducted in the office of OOA in Barabati Stadium and his residence in Cuttack on Friday. Defending himself, Dey said […]

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a case against sports administrator and secretary of Odisha Olympic Association (OAA) Ashirbad Behera in connection with Barabati stadium land grabbing case. Official sources said that, a case has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 120 (b) and 420 against Behera, M/s Incon […]