Tag: Central Bureau of Investigation

CBI chief Alok Verma, Asthana sent on leave; Nageshwar Rao takes over as interim chief

Nageshwar Rao will “look after the duties and functions of Director CBI and shall take over the duties and functions with immediate effect.”

October 24, 2018

2019 Elections: Facebook to establish task force to prevent abuse by ‘bad actors’

The introduction of the same feature in India would help users identify political propaganda easily.

October 6, 2018

Bihar shelter home abuse case: CBI finds skeleton believed to be of inmate

Around 34 inmates of the shelter home were sexually assaulted and it was reported that one of the girls was killed and later buried to cover up the murder.

October 4, 2018

Sheena Bora Murder Case: Indrani Mukerjea files fresh bail plea citing ‘neurological complication’

Indrani is lodged in Byculla Jail in Mumbai and had been rushed to the hospital twice last week after she complained of headache and double vision.

October 3, 2018

Muzaffarpur case: CBI searches 12 places in Bihar

Manju Verma resigned on August 8 following allegations that Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in the case, had links with her husband. 

August 17, 2018

Centre dismisses former PNB managing director Usha Ananthasubramanian from service

Ananthasubramanian was to superannuate on Monday; development comes nearly three months after state-owned Allahabad Bank divested her of all powers after CBI named her involvement in the Rs 14,000 crore PNB scam.

August 14, 2018

Vijay Mallya summoned by PMLA court on 27 August

The fugitive economic offender tag would have given the ED powers to confiscate Mallya’s assets worth about Rs 12,500 crore, including those in foreign countries.

June 30, 2018

Truly scandalous

Words hardly suffice to convey the sense of shock, nay betrayal, which runs through enlightened sections of society after disclosures that the Central Bureau of Investigation has unearthed a scam in key appointments at the “nursery” of the officer cadres of the Indian armed services. True that, at the time of writing this commentary at …

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June 8, 2018

Teachers’ selection: CBI raids NDA campus; books principal, 4 other faculty members

The appointment of civilian academic officers, including principal, vice principal, professor and assistant professor at the NDA, is done through the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

June 6, 2018

Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes, others booked by CBI for violating aviation rules

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes and others for violation of certain international aviation rules, an official said on Tuesday. The agency on Tuesday also conducted searches at multiple locations in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru in connection with the case. “A case has been registered …

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May 29, 2018

Kotkhai rape-murder case: Accused sent to 14-day judicial custody

The CBI has so far made only one arrest in the case since it was handed over the case eight months ago.

April 25, 2018

CBI books two cases in Rs 539-crore IDBI fraud in Andhra, Telangana

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked 41 persons including three officials of the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) for cheating the bank to the tune of Rs 539 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The federal agency registered two separate cases relating to large-scale frauds in IDBI branches in the two states …

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March 24, 2018

Verdict in 4th fodder scam case against Lalu Prasad deferred

The judgment in the fourth case of multi-crore fodder scam against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra was deferred by a CBI special court on Thursday after the RJD leader’s counsel filed a plea. Lalu Prasad filed a fresh petition in the court of Shivapal Singh to make the then Auditor General …

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March 15, 2018

CBI files case against Delhi diamond exporter over Rs. 389-crore loan fraud

After Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, the CBI has registered a case against a Delhi-based diamond jewellery exporter for an alleged bank loan fraud to the tune of Rs. 389.85 crore towards Oriental Bank of Commerce. The CBI has booked Dwarka Das Seth International Pvt Ltd for the alleged fraud. Six months after the public …

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February 24, 2018

CBI busts international child porn racket running on WhatsApp

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly busted a global child porn racket which was running through mobile app Whatsapp. According to the media reports, pornographic videos and pictures were being circulated through a group on WhatsApp which was named as “KidsXXX”. The agency has lodged an FIR for violations of the Information Technology …

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February 22, 2018

Delhi: CBI raid reveals AAP’s Satyendar Jain owns property worth millions

The CBI on Sunday said it has recovered documents related to property and bank transactions worth millions allegedly linked to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain during searches at residences of a registrar and a lawyer of Delhi Dental Council in a bribery case. The CBI has registered a case under sections of the Prevention of …

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February 5, 2018

CBI questions 3 accused in human trafficking case of students

The CBI on Wednesday questioned the three accused in connection with its ongoing probe for trafficking 23 teenaged students to France in 2016 for “a rugby training camp”. An agency official said that Lalit David Dean, Sanjeev Raj and Varun Chaudhary were questioned for several hours at its headquarters in south Delhi’s Lodhi Road area. …

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January 3, 2018