The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids in Jharkhand and West Bengal over a money laundering case linked to illegal Bangladeshi infiltration, escalating political tensions ahead of the state elections.
The terror group was believed to be an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The group was being handled from Pakistan by a handler known as Baba Hamas.
Weapons have also been recovered from the terrorist arrested from Lohardaga.
The central probing agency raided multiple locations in Delhi on Friday night. Several people including a woman have been detained and are being questioned in the child trafficking case.
Accompanied by central forces, the ED teams conducted the raids at Salt Lake, Kaikhali, Mirza Galib Street, Howrah and a few other places.
The Enforcement Directorate said its investigation against these people stems from two different FIRs registered in the state. The first is based on a Uttarakhand Police FIR against Kandari and others.
The raids are being conducted in connection with some Maoist links involving a senior journalist. According to reports, some Maoist leaders were trying to revive their terror plans in the country.
The Vigilance and Enforcement teams conducted searches in offices located in different districts, including the city, and reportedly seized documents related to the Medigadda and other barrages.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has aressested the 11th accused in a human trafficking case, successfully tracking down Saudi Zakir, who was an absconder, to a hideout in Kochi.
Earlier, the Income Tax officials and CISF personnel left Balangir after conducting raids at Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu's premises for over a week.
The Income Tax department has so far recovered over Rs 200 crore cash during a series of raids on an Odisha-based distillery group on charges of tax evasion.
The I-T Department has intensified crackdown on a liquor distillery group in Odisha. The sleuths seized another 20 bagloads of cash from the residence of a countrymade liquor manufacturer in Sudapara area of the Bolangir district on Saturday, after initially recovering nearly Rs 225 crore.
After an ED officer named Ankit Tiwari was caught red-handed while allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 20 lakhs from a doctor in Dindigul, a team of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption officials initiated a search at the sub-zone ED office in Madurai.
The ED teams raided seven locations in Rajasthan, including the Congress state president and a candidate of the ruling party in the state's premises in the paper leak case.
On Tuesday, the Delhi Police conducted day-long raids at the premises of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha over allegations that his news portal received money for propagating pro-China propaganda. He has been sent to 7-day police remand.
Earlier in 2021, the Economic Offenses Wing of Delhi Police registered a case regarding illegal funding against NewsClick. According to reports, the media organisation allegedly received funding through Chinese companies.
A raid was conducted at a former terrorist associate Mohd Iqbal on the outskirts of Jammu and confiscated a mobile phone and two SIM cards for examination, officials said.
The raids were conducted on 264 residential and other premises linked to the close associates of several gangsters in all 28 police districts of Punjab.
The probe found that Brightcom Group financed preferential issues by "round-tripping" funds through subsidiaries and conduit entities and that it falsely claimed to have received full payment for preferential shares/warrants by providing "forged and fabricated bank statements" to the SEBI.
Karnataka Lokayukta raid: Lokayukta SP Suresh Babu-led team began the raid at 4:00 am. The raid was also conducted on the residence of Assistant Commissioner of Belagavi City Corporation Santhosh Anishettar.
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