Tag: Cbi

Cuttack: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today conducted raids on Odisha Olympic Association (OOA) office at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and on residence of former Secretary of OOA Ashirbad Behera over land grab allegations. An 8-member CBI team conducted the raids on instruction of the Supreme Court to probe into the illegal land row […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the CBI raid on the house of Goa IIT director and former director of IMMT, Bhubaneswar, Baradakant Mishra, the family today denied the charges made in the FIR of central probe agency. The family of Mishra said they will move court against the CBI action as this is a conspiracy of […]

Bhawanipatna: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today launched a probe into irregularities worth more than Rs 1 crore fraud made at three post offices in Kalahandi and conducted raids at different places since last night. Complaints were filed with the central investigating agency alleging irregularities at the Boria post office in Kesinga, Pastikudi post […]

Cuttack: Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhyay was today granted bail by the Orissa High Court in Rose Valley chit-fund scam case with the court asking him to surrender his passport and submit a Rs 25-lakh bank guarantee at the Special CBI court in Bhubaneswar. The High Court approved the conditional bail of Sudip after two […]

Bhubaneswar: The CBI Joint Director AYV Krishna reached Bhubaneswar today to review investigation into various cases, including the chit fund scam and those being investigated by the probe agency. During his two-day visit to the capital city, Krishna will have discussion with the officials of the central investigating agency. Besides reviewing the progress of investigation […]

Bhubaneswar: Things seem to be getting worse for BJD’s Mayurbhanj MP Ramchandra Hansdah as Anjan Baliarsingh, the chief of scam-tainted Naba Diganta chit fund firm on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the charges of cheating investors in the State. Highly placed sources said, Baliarsingh, while appearing before the Special CBI court here admitted guilt to all […]

Bhubaneswar: A special CBI court here on Tuesday awarded five-year imprisonment to Waytel Chit Fund Managing Director Thakur Amardip Singh, who pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of their money. Besides, Singh has also been asked to deposit Rs 100 crore with the court’s registry. On April 24, Singh, who was arrested from Nagpur, had pleaded […]

Bhubaneswar: Special CBI court’s hearing on the discharge petitions filed by 4 accused in the Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund scam concluded today with the verdict kept reserved. The discharge petitions challenging the allegations levelled by the CBI were filed by former AG Ashok Mohanty, Model Preeti Bhatia, Jagabandhu Panda and Pramod Panda. On the […]

Bhubaneswar: Stating the charges framed by the Special CBI court against him in the Brahmadihi coal block allotment case today as an outcome of political vendetta by the Congress-led UPA government, Rourkela BJP legislator Dilip Ray stated he has complete faith in the country’s legal system and urged for a speedy trial in the court. […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: BJP’s Rourkela MLA and the then Coal Minister Dilip Ray will be facing a  trial for his alleged involvement in coal block allocation case, national media reports said. A special CBI Court has fixed April 26 to frame charges against Ray in the case. Besides Ray, the special CBI Court will also frame […]

Bhubaneswar: In a latest development, the special CBI CJM court here, pronouncing judgement on the multi crore Astha Chit Fund scam, sentenced company’s Managing Director Santosh Sapkale and Director CS Chouhan for five years of imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 15,000 each. The court has ordered three more months of imprisonment for the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special CBI court here may frame charges against 21 accused in the Artha Tatwa chit fund scam, today. The accused include a few politicians, MLAs, businessmen and mass media owners. It may be mentioned that the CBI court had yesterday sentenced Artha Tatwa Group chief Pradeep Sethy to 7-year jail term in connection […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special CJM CBI court sentenced Artha Tatwa Group chief Pradeep Sethy to 7-year jail term in connection with the firm’s involvement in the multi-crore chit fund scam in Odisha. Artha Tatwa director Manoj Patnaik, has been awarded four years of imprisonment. While Sethy has been asked to pay a fine of Rs 30,000, […]

Keonjhar: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Tuesday arrested Keonjhar district’s Jaroli railway station manager Subash Chandra Bhukta from his office for allegedly accepting bribe from a transport agency. According to sources, a CBI team of Bhubaneswar conducted a raid and caught the station manager red-handed while he was taking Rs 7000 bribe from […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest to BJD’s Balasore MP Rabindra Jena, who has been grilled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over his alleged links with Seashore Group, a major player in the mega chit fund scam in the state. The court said that no coercive action is to […]