Enforcement Directorate

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 110 crores belonging to Karvy Stock Broking Ltd (KSBL) and its Chairman Comandur Parthasarathy in a money laundering case. The properties are in the form of land, buildings, share holdings, cash, foreign currency and jewellery under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, […]

NEW DELHI: Assets worth Rs 2.39 crores of a former general manager (finance) of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and others have been attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over charges of embezzlement of Rs 18.75 crores of the state-run defence major. Movable and immovable properties of former HAL GM (finance) Bhaben Maitra, Bipra Charana Maharana, […]

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against arrested Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain, his wife and eight others including four firms in connection with the hawala transactions money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed […]

KOLKATA: The scenes looked straight out of a Bengali potboiler as suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Partha Chatterjee tried to play the victim card, while his aide Arpita Mukherjee was seen wailing as they were brought to ESI Hospital in Joka for a routine checkup on Friday. “I am a victim of a conspiracy,” the former […]

KOLKATA: In a big development in the ongoing Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam, Arpita Mukherjee said that state industries minister Partha Chatterjee used to keep money at her home. Mukherjee, a key aide of the Bengal minister, is in the spotlight after ED recovered more than ₹51 crores from her […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Supreme Court upheld Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) powers in money laundering cases, Congress on Wednesday said there are chances that the “political usage” of ED by the Centre will increase after this judgement. In a statement, Congress media in-charge Jairam Ramesh said, “The judgment pronounced by the Supreme Court on the […]

KOLKATA: The skeletons started tumbling out of the closet on Wednesday as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered more cash from Arpita Mukherjee’s Belghoria residence in Kolkata. ED conducted the searches in connection with the Bengal SSC Recruitment Scam after the financial probe agency got the 10-day custody of Mukherjee, a close aide of Bengal industries […]

KOLKATA: From the plush accommodation to a makeshift lock-up on the seventh floor of Kolkata’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) office, the change in fortune of Bengal industries minister Partha Chatterjee was quite apparent. ED sources told The New Indian that Partha Chatterjee is living in a 7 by 8 feet well-furnished room at the office. However, […]

KOLKATA: The ₹21 crores SSC Recruitment scam, that involved one of the top leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), is like an onion, opined Enforcement Directorate (ED) counsel Abhijit Bhadra. Talking to The New Indian, Bhadra said, “This stage of the investigation is just like an onion. The more you peel, the more you […]

NEW DELHI: The questioning of Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi in connection with the alleged money laundering case involving the National Herald being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ended on Wednesday. According to ED sources, all the important aspects of the case have been covered. Sources also said that the agency has not summoned […]