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"The GAIL official, E.S. Ranganathan, the Director (Marketing), has been arrested by us for allegedly taking bribes from businessmen for issuing discount orders on purchasing of petro products. Five persons were arrested yesterday," said a senior CBI official.

Senior advocate Puneet Bali, representing Singh, submitted that his client is being targeted and added that the matter was handed over to the CBI, but the state government has tried to scuttle the proceedings of the CBI. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the CBI, said this is a matter of chain of events. Senior advocate Darius Khambata, representing the Maharashtra government, contended that the top court will have to see this matter. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh said: "This is the same police force that you headed.

The six convicted are identified as impersonators Mohd. Imran, and Rajesh Prasad, candidates Deepak Prajapati, and Jetendra Kumar Rajput, and middlemen Suresh Kumar Patel and Vedratan. The agency had registered the case against the accused on the allegations of impersonation in Pre Medical Test (PMT-2010) at Govt. PG College, Guna (Madhya Pradesh) which was conducted by Vyapam.

Indrani Mukerjea, being kept at Byculla jail of Mumbai since 2015, has sent the letter from the jail and the letter was written based on the input shared by her cell inmate, ANI reported quoting its sources. However, Indrani's lawyer Sana Raees Khan has refused to comment on the content of the letter.

According to the gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension on November 15, the tenure of these officials can be extended up to five years. The Union government on Sunday issued a notification to extend the tenure of the Directors, Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate up to five years.

A single bench of Justice Mukta Gupta dismissed the CBI's plea seeking to set aside a special judge's March 5 order that allowed the inspection of documents kept in the record room by the accused persons or their advocate. "The petition is dismissed," the Court said. Earlier, the judgment in the matter was reserved on August 27 this year. Advocate Anupam S. Sharma appeared on behalf of the CBI while senior counsels Sidharth Luthra, Pramod Kumar Dubey, and Siddharth Aggarwal represented the Chidambarams.

As per the August 19 order of the High Court, the probe agency has taken over the investigation of the case related to the alleged murder of Biswajit Mahesh. This case was earlier registered at Sabang police station in Paschim Medinipur on May 5. On the night of May 4, Mahesh was allegedly attacked by the accused with an iron rod and sword. The victim has been found in a pond and was taken to Sabang Hospital where he was declared dead.

The Centre's response came to an original suit filed by the West Bengal government against a CBI probe into many cases, which included cases related to post-poll violence and coal pilferage case allegedly involving Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who is the nephew of party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Addressing a joint meeting of the CBI and CVC taking place at Gujarat's Kevadia through a video message, Modi said corruption takes away the rights of people and hinders the pursuit of justice for all, the country's progress and affects the collective power of the country.

The CBI asked court for the death penalty to the self-claimed godman under the section 302 of Indian penal code in the murder case of Ranjit Singh, the former security manager. Ram Raheem, appearing via video conferencing from Rohtak Jail, where he is serving his sentence in two cases of rapes and a murder case, pleaded for mercy. The other 4 accused in this case who got the punishment of life imprisonment were Krishan Lal, Jasbir Singh, Avtar Singh, and Sabdil, while the one accused in the case had already passed away in October 2020.