Enforcement Directorate
ED summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in illegal mining case
"Hemant Soren has been called to join the investigation for Thursday. He will have to appear at our Ranchi office by 11 a.m. tomorrow," the source said.The ED had recently filed a charge sheet before a Special Ranchi court against Pankaj Mishra, a close aide of Soren, and Bachhu Yadav and Prem Prakash who are also said to be close to the Jharkhand CM.
WBSSC scam: ED arrests Trinamool MLA Manik Bhattacharya
ED sources said that Bhattacharya was summoned to the agency office at Salt Lake in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Monday afternoon. There he was grilled throughout the night and finally on Tuesday morning the ED sleuths showed him as arrested.
SC to hear Satyendar Jain plea against transfer of bail plea to another judge on Oct 11
Satyendar Jain had moved the high court against the order passed by Principal District and Sessions Court allowing the ED's plea for transfer of Jain's case from special judge Geejanjali Goel to special judge Vikas Dhull. In May, the ED arrested Jain under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
ED quizzes Congress's D.K. Shivakumar in National Herald case
Shivakumar left the ED HQ on Friday evening after being grilled for hours. Speaking with mediapersons outside the ED's headquarters, Shivakumar said he was asked about Young Indian and AJL financial transactions. He said the ED asked him about his family and also sought other details.
DK Shivakumar joins ED probe in National Herald newspaper case
The agency will be probing him on a few facts related to the financial transactions of AJL and Young Indian (YI). The ED had summoned Shivakumar and his brother, D.K. Suresh to record their statements. Earlier, Congress leaders J. Geeta Reddy, Shabbir Ali and P. Sudarshan had reportedly joined the probe. They were questioned about Young India and Dotex Merchandiseconnection.
ED issues summons to Shivakumar; Cong says BJP has lost sanity
Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka, said that the summons issued by the ED is "sheer madness" by the BJP. "This is why the state Law Minister J C Madhuswamy had said that the BJP government is not functioning but are somehow managing the government for the next seven to eight months. The secrets of this 40 per cent commission government (BJP government in Karnataka) are revealed by their own party leaders," he said.
National Herald case: Five leaders to join ED's probe today
According to the information, J. Geeta Reddy, Shabbir Ali, P. Sudarshan can join the probe on Tuesday. The ED has also summoned Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar and his brother D.K. Suresh to appear on October 7. All the leaders are likely to be questioned about Young India and Dotex connection.
WBSSC scam: Partha, Arpita's judicial custody extended to Oct 31
Partha Chatterjee's counsel made a desperate attempt to get his bail plea granted on grounds of his physical ailments and family prestige. However, the ED counsel strongly objected to his bail prayer on grounds that the investigation process by the central agency is still only on and more information relating to the crime proceeds is being unearthed every day. In such a situation, the investigation process might get hampered, he contended.
Partha Chatterjee forced Arpita Mukherjee to be director in shell companies: ED charge sheet
Mukherjee confessed to the probe agency that one of the accountants following Chatterjee's instructions had been putting pressure on her to become a director in these companies, ED sources said citing the charge sheet. The other director in the three companies is Kalyan Dhar, who is married to Mukherjee's sister.
ED chargesheet says Arpita named Partha as owner of cash seized from her houses
"Arpita Mukherjee then said that the seized cash amounting to Rs 49.80 crore and gold/jewellery valued at more than Rs 5 crore from her two residences belonged to Partha Chatterjee. She also filed an application for treating her disclosure as a plea for taking a lenient view under the provisions of law," said the source, citing the ED chargesheet.
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