Tag: Enforcement Directorate

Bhubaneswar: After a crackdown on the properties amassed by some Naxals in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now initiated a probe into the rebel leaders in Odisha – their source of funding, the properties they have amassed and where are their children studying. The Home Ministry has also set up a multi-disciplinary […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD once again got into trouble as its Dharmasala MLA Pranab Balabantaray was today interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over 3 hours in connection with his alleged business links with arrested gangster siblings Sushant and Sushil Dhalasamanta (D Brothers). As per sources, the Directorate is scanning various business and financial […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could emerge as an embarrassment for the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday summoned party’s Dharmasala MLA Pranab Balabantaray to appear before it over his alleged links with arrested gangster brothers- Sushil and Sushant Dhal Samant (D-brothers). Balabantray’s transport company, Pranab Minerals and Transport is now under […]

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached assets worth Rs 6.52 crore of self-styled godman, Surendra Nath Mishra alias Sura Baba in connection with various cheating and fraud cases. According to sources, land worth Rs 5.56 crore registered in the name of Trahi Achyuta Trust and Sura’s two sons, Trilochan and Biranchi, was attached by […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted raids on senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti’s properties in Delhi and Chennai in connection with the INX Media money laundering case. The raids were being conducted at one location in Delhi and four in Chennai. The agency on Thursday issued fresh summons to Karti Chidambaram […]

cuttack: After CBI, the Enforcement Directorate has now tightened its noose around sports administrator Ashirbad Behera in connection with land grab and other irregularities in Odisha Olympic Association (OOA). As per official sources, ED has registered cases against Ashirbad Behera, who was the former general secretary of OOA, his son Sanjay Behera and son-in-law. Ashirbad […]

Cuttack: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday attached properties to the tune of Rs 8.82 crore of four key associates of gangster brothers—Sushil and Sushant Dhal Samant. Official sources said the properties of Bharat Bhusan Swain, Siba Gocchi, Krushna Chandra Das and Sangramjit Nath who were earlier arrested for their links with gangster brothers, […]

Bhubaneswar: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached properties worth Rs 12.64 crore of Pradip Sethy, CMD of Artha Tatwa (AT) Group in connection with the chit fund scam. Earlier, properties to the tune of Rs 120.55 crores held in the name of AT Group and its officials were attached by ED. Also Read: ED attaches […]

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths today grilled Banki MLA Pravat Tripathy for more than four hours in connection with the Artha Tatwa (AT) chit fund scam. According to sources, the legislator was questioned on the transactions made in his bank account with the tainted AT chit fund firm. The MLA said he presented the […]

Bhubaneswar:While the BJP moved the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking a probe into dubious poll funding charges against CM Naveen Patnaik, his party BJD today claimed the allegations as baseless and sought an apology from BJP. “BJP has jumped onto the bandwagon which is unfortunate. I hope that the BJP has the good grace to issue […]

New Delhi: A major fire broke out on Monday in a government building, housing offices including of the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department among others, officials said. No injuries were reported. The fire was reported on the fourth floor of the Lok Nayak Bhawan in the upscale Khan Market area around 4 p.m, officials […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today launched a country-wide operation and conducted searches at 100 locations in sixteen states including Odisha as part of its crackdown on shell companies. Multiple teams of the ED visited raided the premises of about 300 shell firms in places like Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Patna, Ranchi, Ahmedabad […]

Bhubaneswar: After godman Sarathi Baba, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached the properties worth about Rs 15 crore of another arrested godman Sura Baba today. Also Read: Land fraud: HC rejects Sura Baba’s plea According to sources, the agency has attached the land and houses in the name of Sura Baba and his two sons […]

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached properties worth Rs 8.20 crore of dreaded D-brothers, Sushil and Sushant Dhalasamant. As per reports, ED also confiscated bank deposits of a whopping Rs 3.5 crore held by the criminal siblings and seized the Rs 3.6 crore found in their possession at the time of arrest. Besides, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now turned the heat on the financial transactions of notorious gangster siblings- Sushil and Sushant Dhalsamant, who are now cooling their heels at two different jails in the State since their arrest last year. Three special teams of ED conducted simultaneous searches at house of the gangster brothers and […]