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Operation Chakra-2: CBI raids 76 locations after Microsoft, Amazon lodge cases against cybercrime network

On Thursday, October 19, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at 76 different locations across the nation as part of Operation Chakra-2, as per officials. The crackdown was done after the CBI registered 5 different cases, of which two were Microsoft and Amazon, involving online financial fraud.One of these cases involves an organized network that was involved in online scams to extract Rs. 100 crore from innocent victims through a cryptocurrency scam, as per a report by PTI. The case was filed based on information provided by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). CBI conducts Operation Chakra-2, raids 76 locationsIn two other cases, the accused individuals were reported to have operated call centers, masquerading as technical support agents for Amazon and Microsof...
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Manish Sisodia’s Charge Linked To Officer’s Suicide “Mischievous”: CBI

CBI searched Mr Sisodia's home in connection with allegations of corruption in a new Delhi liquor policy.New Delhi: The CBI today refuted Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's claim that one of its officers had been driven to suicide by the pressure to frame the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader in a false case."A CBI officer was pressured to frame me in a false excise case. He could not take the mental pressure and died by suicide two days ago. This is really unfortunate, I am deeply hurt," Manish Sisodia said at a press conference."I want to ask PM why officers are being pressured so much that they are forced to take such extreme steps. Arrest me if you want, but don't destroy families of your officers," added the Deputy Chief Minister, who has been named an accused by the CBI in an...
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“Amit Shah Biggest Pappu”: Mamata Banerjee’s Nephew After Questioning

Abhishek Banerjee was questioned for the third time by Enforcement Directorate in coal smuggling probeKolkata: Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the National General Secretary of Trinamool Congress, today launched a scathing attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the BJP after he was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Kolkata for almost eight hours as part of the coal smuggling probe. "BJP claims that the leader of another party is a 'Pappu'. But in reality, Amit Shah himself is the biggest 'Pappu'. He just cannot do politics without using (Central) agencies," he said.Holding Mr Shah directly responsible for coal and cattle smuggling in Bengal, Mr Banerjee alleged: "CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) is li...
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Central Agency Arrests Senior Delhi Police Official For Receiving Bribe Of Rs 7.8 Lakh

CBI has arrested an ASI posted in anti-narcotics wing of Delhi Police. (File)New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) has arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) posted in anti-narcotics wing of Delhi Police for allegedly receiving Rs 7.89 lakh bribe from an accused under probe, a case in which role of an assistant commissioner of police is also under scanner.The agency has arrested ASI Dushyant Gautam for allegedly accepting the bribe on the instructions of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Brijpal, who is also posted in anti-narcotics wing, officials said.The CBI in its First Information Report(FIR) against the two men has alleged that Brijpal had demanded Rs 15 lakh through Dushyant Gautam for giving relief to the wife of an accused facing probe in a case registered...
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“Diversionary Tactics”: Delhi Lt Governor Hits Back At Arvind Kejriwal

The Lieutenant Governor has decided to initiate legal action against AAP leaders.New Delhi: Accused of corruption by the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena on Thursday hit back hard at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal charging him with resorting to "diversionary tactics and false accusations" out of "desperation", a development which is likely to snowball into a full-blown political slugfest.The relations between the two sides in the national capital have worsened after V K Saxena in July recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Arvind Kejriwal government's Excise Policy 2021-22.Subsequently, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused V K Saxena of corruption during his tenure as the c...
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2008 Embraer Bribery Case: Central Agency Arrests Gautam Khaitan

CBI arrested Gautam Khaitan last week, nearly six years after registering an FIR.New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) has arrested Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan in the case of alleged commission paid by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer to a UK-based Non-Resident Indian(NRI) middleman to swing a three-aircraft deal with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) worth USD 210 million in its favour in 2008, officials said Thursday.The CBI arrested Gautam Khaitan last week, nearly six years after registering a First information Report(FIR) on the basis of a Brazilian newspaper report exposing alleged kickbacks of USD 5.76 million paid by the company in the deal for fully customised EMB-145 aircraft for the DRDO which were to be fitted with airborne e...
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Cattle Scam: CBI Likely To Question Trinamool’s Anubrata Mondal In Jail

CBI had arrested TMC's Anubrata Mondal for not cooperating with the central probe agency (File)Asansol, West Bengal: A team of CBI officials are likely to visit Asansol jail today to question arrested Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal in connection with their ongoing investigation into the alleged cattle smuggling scam, an officer said.A four-member team of CBI reached Asansol from Kolkata on Monday night."Our officers will be visiting the jail where Mondal is lodged. We hope to get new information from him," the officer told Press Trust of India.The CBI has arrested the TMC Birbhum district president for not cooperating with the central agency in its probe into the alleged cattle smuggling scam.Following his arrest, the agency has conducted back-to-back search operations at sev...
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CBI Will Check My Bank Locker On Tuesday, But Will Not Find Anything: Manish Sisodia

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has claimed that CBI officials will come to check his bank locker on Tuesday and said the agency sleuths will not find anything in it.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader is among the 15 people and entities named in an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Delhi excise policy.On August 19, the federal probe agency had raided 31 locations, including Sisodia's residence, in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi government's Excise Policy 2021-22."Tomorrow, the CBI is coming to check our bank locker. They did not find anything in a 14-hour-long raid at my residence on August 19. They won't find anything in the locker too. The CBI is we...
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Agencies Have Become A “Pocket Organisation” Of BJP: Telangana Minister

Telangana leader alleged that probe agencies are acting only against the opposition leaders.Hyderabad: Telangana Health and Finance minister Harish Rao took a potshot at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre (BJP) on Friday saying that the investigation agencies have become a pocket organization of the party.Alleging BJP of scripting conspiracies, Harish Rao said, "Whoever questions BJP, they are being attacked. How far is it correct? BJP is targeting the Opposition and forgetting the administration. The BJP MPs spoke yesterday and the day before yesterday saying that the CBI will be giving notices. But the BJP MPs are not part of the agency. Then how can a party leader give a statement on CBI notices? It is possible only if CBI is giving information to them or they are both colluding a...
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Lookout Notice In Jobs Scam An Attempt To Malign Me, Says Trinamool MLA

I have neither escaped nor have I gone anywhere. I am at my residence in Jadavpur," TMC MLA said. (File)Kolkata: A day after a lookout notice was issued against him by CBI in the SSC scam, TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya Friday said that he is at his residence in the city and is cooperating with the investigating agency.Nr Bhattacharya, a former chairman of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, said that the lookout notice is an "attempt to malign" him."I have neither escaped nor have I gone anywhere. I am at my residence in Jadavpur (in the city). I don't know why a lookout notice was issued against me. I have always cooperated with CBI regarding the probe and will do so in future too," he told a Bengali news channel."It seems the lookout notice is an attempt to malign me. I don't kno...