ED conducts searches at 8 locations across Bengal in Rs 160 crore fraud case
ED has alleged that several individuals from outside Bengal were defrauded with promises of high interest rates on deposits.
ED has alleged that several individuals from outside Bengal were defrauded with promises of high interest rates on deposits.
Following the searches, nine accused have been arrested, including middlemen, agents, aggregators, account holders, and bank correspondents for their alleged involvement in the operation and facilitation of opening of mule bank accounts.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as part of its ongoing efforts to combat cyber-enabled financial crimes under Operation Chakra V, has conducted coordinated searches at 19 locations across Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh and arrested 6 people.
An official spokesperson of the CBI said here on Tuesday that an amount of approximately Rs 2 lakh in cash and certain incriminating documents were recovered during searches.
Former J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik had alleged that he was offered a bribe of Rs 300-crore for clearing two files, including the one pertaining to the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project.
The searches took place at various locations across states including Delhi, UP, Haryana and Gujarat, sources said.
One of the two cases was registered by NIA's Delhi branch in 2021, and the other was lodged by the anti-terror agency's Jammu branch in 2022.
The search operations were carried out at the homes of cross-LoC traders and their associates who are suspected of funding terror with the money generated through import of goods from Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
Investigators in the western city of Osnabrueck are looking into suspected obstruction of justice by unidentified employees of the Financial Intelligence Unit, or FIU. They say they have been investigating since last year.
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