Tag: Ed

Bhubaneswar: As part of the probe into the illegal financial transactions of arrested godman Sura Baba, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today interrogated the accountant of the godman’s Trahi Achyuta Ashram. According to sources, the accountant Manoranjan Acharya was grilled by the ED sleuths for over four hours. ED sleuths are trying to obtain vital information […]

Cuttack: Arrested godman Sarathi Baba’s brother Debendra Raul was interrogated by sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today. According to sources, Sarathi’s brother Devendra Raul was questioned by the ED sleuths over the monetary transactions of the arrested godman. Devendra was grilled for over three hours, informed sources. Moreover, another associate of Sarathi Baba, Khageswar […]

Berhampur: With thr list of properties belonging to arrested ex MLA Ramesh Jena lengthening by the day, the police today asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to investigate the illegal fiscal transactions of the former legislator Berhampur SP Sarthak Sarangi has written to ED today in this regard. “More than 50 properties of Ramesh Jena have […]

Choudwar: A three member team of the Enforcement Directorate grilled the self-styled godman Sarathi Baba alias Santosh Roul at the Choudwar Circle Jail on Thursday. Reports said a three-member ED team, led by the assistant director, grilled Sarathi Baba for about five-and-half hours inside the jail. Though the ED officials did not reveal the details […]

For the first time since the chit fund scam came to fore, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday interrogated Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) secretary Ashirbad Behera for his alleged links with scam-tainted chit fund company Artha Tatwa (AT) group

Cuttack: The district sessions court today allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take the founding director of Artha Tatwa chit-fund company Jyoti Prakash Joy Prakash on four-day remand. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the mega chit-fund scam in the State had arrested Joy Prakash in August, 2014. Sources said that Joyprakash, a native […]

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will hold its all-India annual meeting in the city on Friday. The Central agency’s director will chair the event which will be attended by around 20 top officials, said sources

New Delhi: Under the Enforcement Directorate (ED) lens in connection with a money laundering case, Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday took a dig at the fitness of the officials and shared health and style tips. Vadra, a high-profile businessman and husband of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the newly appointed general […]

New Delhi: Hours after the extradition of Rajiv Saxena the co-accused in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland case, and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar to India from UAE, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team started their questioning. The interrogation started around 4 a.m. soon after they were brought to its office here, a senior ED official said. Both would […]

New Delhi: The CBI saw the worst crisis in its over 70-year hisotry in 2018 as the bitter acrimony between its top two officers — akin to a Kilkenny cat fight — led to a public showdown, intervention by the central government and legal cases as the country’s investigative agencies remained on their toes chasing […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said that it has attached foreign properties of fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi worth Rs 637 crore, including two apartments in New Yorks Central Park, even as the agency continued its investigation into the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. A senior ED official said the agency had […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said that it has attached more properties of the absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi worth Rs 171 crore as part of its probe in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud. “During further investigation, more properties and bank accounts beneficially owned by Nirav Modi were unearthed. “And based […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday summoned former Union Minister P. Chidambaram’s wife Nalini Chidambaram in a multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, an official said. The agency asked Nalini Chidambaram, a senior lawyer, to appear before its Kolkata-based office on May 7 to record her statement in connection with the case. ED’s move […]

Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has provisionally attached immovable properties at Guindy near here worth about Rs 115 crore of real estate developer VGN Developers Pvt Ltd. In a statement issued here, the ED said the provisional attachment of 10.46 acre land had been made under the provisions of Prevention of […]

New Delhi: Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, was on Thursday questioned by the ED officials for over 10 hours in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in a FIPB clearance accorded to INX Media in 2007. A senior Enforcement Directorate official told IANS that Karti Chidamabaram was questioned for […]