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  • ED Arrested Delhi AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan In Money Laundering Case: Source |

    New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday following a raid at his residence in the morning. The ED’s visit, part of an ongoing investigation, resulted in Khan’s detention, escalating tensions within the Aam Aadmi Party. Details of the probe remain unclear, but the development has sparked political reactions, with party leaders calling the move politically motivated.

    Prior to the action, Khan announced on Monday that officials from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have arrived at his residence in Okhla, Delhi, with the intention of arresting him.

    This is a developing story. 

    #WATCH | Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan detained by ED officials.

    ED had arrived at his residence to conduct a raid, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/X07XN2Tpaa
    — ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2024

    In a post on X, Khan said, “ED people have just arrived at my house to arrest me.”

    “It’s seven in the morning, and the ED has arrived to arrest me under the guise of a search warrant. My mother-in-law, who is battling cancer, is currently at my home. I have responded to all their notices and have written to them as well. They have been harassing me continuously for the past two years with the sole aim of breaking our party. But we will neither bow down nor break,” Khan said in the clip.

    Khan released a video statement on X, alleging that the ED team intends to arrest him. He stated, “The ED team is using a search as an excuse to arrest me. My mother-in-law, who recently underwent surgery four days ago for cancer, is at my home. I had notified the ED about this situation.”

    Khan is being scrutinized in a money laundering case linked to financial irregularities involving the Delhi Waqf Board. 

  • ‘ED Here To Arrest Me’: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan Amid Waqf Board Money Laundering Probe |

    Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan on Monday morning alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrived at his Delhi residence to arrest him. 

    He released a video message, in which he said that the agency’s ‘only motive is to arrest me and stop our work.’ 

    Khan further said, “It is 7 AM right now. ED has come to my residence to arrest me in the name of a search warrant. My mother-in-law has been diagnosed with cancer. She had an operation four days ago. She is also at my house. I have written to them (ED) and I have replied to every notice. Their only motive is to arrest me and stop our work. For the last two years, these people have been harassing me, and filing fake cases against me. Every day, they are creating some or the other problem for not only me but my entire party…We are neither going to bow down to them nor are we going to be afraid of them, they will send us to jail. I am hopeful that the way we got justice in the court earlier, this time too we will get justice.” 

    In another video shared by AAP MP Sanjay Singh on his ‘X’ post, Amanatullah can be seen indulged in a argument with ED officials. He argues that his mother-in-law has cancer, she has undergone an operation.

    Sanjay Singh attacked the Modi-led central government and wrote, “There is no evidence against @KhanAmanatullah but both Modi’s dictatorship and ED’s hooliganism continue.”

    ED की निर्दयता देखिये @KhanAmanatullah पहले ED की जाँच में शामिल हुए उनसे आगे के लिए समय माँगा, उनकी Mother In Law को कैंसर है उनका ऑपरेशन हुआ है घर में सुबह सुबह धावा बोलने पहुँच गये।@KhanAmanatullah के ख़िलाफ़ कोई सबूत नहीं है लेकिन मोदी की तानाशाही और ED की गुंडागर्दी दोनों… pic.twitter.com/GyhduaghJB
    — Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) September 2, 2024

    Khan is being scrutinized in a money laundering case linked to financial irregularities involving the Delhi Waqf Board. 

  • ED Seizes Rs 834 Crore In Assets From Bhupinder Hooda, EMAAR-MGF In PMLA Case |

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 834 crore in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case involving former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ED alleges that Hooda pressured farmers into selling their land to builders through various agreements, exploiting the threat of acquisition proceedings. More details awaited. 

  • Hemant Soren Likely To Return As Jharkhand CM Following Consensus Among JMM-Led Alliance MLAs |

    RANCHI: JMM executive president Hemant Soren is likely to return as chief minister of Jharkhand for the third time following consensus among legislators of the party-led alliance in the state, sources said on Wednesday. Leaders and MLAs of the alliance during a meeting at Chief Minister Champai Soren’s residence here unanimously decided to elect Hemant Soren as JMM legislature party leader, they said. “A decision was taken in the meeting to replace Champai Soren with Hemant Soren,” a party source told PTI.

    If sworn in, he will be the 13th chief minister of Jharkhand, which was carved out of Bihar on November 15, 2000. Congress’s Jharkhand in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir and its state president Rajesh Thakur also attended the meeting, besides Hemant Soren’s brother Basant and wife Kalpana. Hemant Soren was released from jail on June 28 after nearly five months, as the high court granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. He had resigned as the CM before his arrest on January 31.

    Meanwhile, in a post on X, BJP MP Nishkant Dubey said: “The Champai Soren era is over in Jharkhand. In the family-oriented party, people outside the family have no political future. I wish the chief minister drew inspiration from Bhagwan Birsa Munda and stood up against the corrupt Hemant Soren ji.” The sources said Champai Soren, who had taken oath as the 12th chief minister of Jharkhand on February 2 after Hemant Soren’s arrest, may resign from the post soon.

    Against 12 berths, the Jharkhand Cabinet at present has a strength of 10. Earlier, on February 16, a total of eight MLAs were inducted in the cabinet in addition to three on February 2, including Champai Soren. Of the 11, Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam tendered his resignation on June 11 after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case.

    After the Lok Sabha elections, the strength of the JMM-led alliance in the state has reduced to 45 MLAs – JMM-27, Congress-17 and RJD-1. Two JMM MLAs, Nalin Soren and Joba Majhi, are now parliamentarians, while Jama legislator Sita Soren resigned to contest the general elections on a BJP ticket. The JMM expelled two more legislators – Bishunpur MLA Chamra Linda and Boriyo MLA Lobin Hembrom – from the party, but they are yet to resign from the assembly.

    Likewise, the BJP’s strength in the assembly has reduced to 24, as two of its MLAs – Dhulu Mahto (Baghmara) and Manish Jaiswal (Hazaribag) – contested the Lok Sabha elections and are now MPs. The saffron party has expelled Mandu MLA Jaiprakash Bhai Patel after he joined the Congress to contest the polls. However, Patel is yet to resign from the assembly. The current strength of the 81-member Jharkhand assembly is 76.

  • Three years imprisonment to two people in money laundering case related to fraud of around Rs. 3 crores

    Three years imprisonment to two people in money laundering case related to fraud of around Rs. 3 crores

    Symbolic picture.

    New Delhi :

    The PMLA Special Court of Lucknow has convicted two accused Vishal Sharma alias Shivash Pathak and Naeem Khan alias RK Mishra in a money laundering case related to the fraud committed with the Central Bank. He had taken loan on fake “Kisan Vikas Patra” purchased fraudulently from the post office by using fake ID and address of Government of India and Allahabad Bank. Both were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on Friday.

    The special court sentenced him to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 for the offense under Section 3 r/w 4 of the PMLA. Both were sent to Lucknow District Jail.

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had investigated this case on the basis of four FIRs registered by Lucknow CBI under various sections of IPC 1860 against various persons including both the convicts. In the FIR, they were accused of taking loans using “Kisan Vikas Patra” with fake ID and address as part of a criminal conspiracy along with other accused, including postal employees. Through this act he defrauded Central Bank of India and Allahabad Bank to the tune of Rs 2.87 crore.

    During the ED investigation under PMLA, five immovable properties, flats, shops, residential houses and agricultural land worth Rs 2.87 crore of both the convicts were attached. In the case, on April 11, 2018, a prosecution complaint was filed under Section 45 of PMLA against four people including accused Vishal Sharma and Naeem Khan.

    During the trial he was convicted of money laundering. After hearing the arguments, Special Judge Ajay Vikram Singh sentenced both the convicts to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 under sections 3 and 4 of the PMLA. The case is going on against other accused.

  • Chhattisgarh Rice Scam: Rs 175 crore rice scam in Chhattisgarh, sensational claim of ED before elections

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday alleged another ‘scam’ in poll-bound state Chhattisgarh. In this connection, he has claimed that a former managing director of Chhattisgarh ‘Markfed’ and an official of a local rice mill owners association collected bribe of Rs 175 crore for ‘the benefit of people holding high positions’.

    In the last few months, the ED has claimed to have exposed ‘scams’ related to coal levy, liquor duty and an illegal online gambling app. There is a Congress government in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

    ED has claimed that in all these cases, bribe amount worth crores of rupees was collected with the connivance of local leaders and bureaucrats. It has so far arrested several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, a police officer and a few others in the above mentioned cases.

    In a statement, the ED alleged that in the latest ‘scam’ related to incentive money on the process of extracting rice from paddy, it was arrested on October 20-21 by former Markfed Managing Director Manoj Soni, State Paddy Mill Owners Association Treasurer Roshan Chandrakar and some of his associates. Similar nexus was revealed after searches against officials, District Marketing Officers (DMOs), some mill owners.

    She said her criminal action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department in a court in the state capital Raipur. The tax department had alleged that officials of the Chhattisgarh Paddy Mill Owners Association colluded with officials of the State Marketing Federation Limited (Markfed) and ‘conspired’ to misuse the special incentive given to the mills on the process of extracting rice from paddy. The owners are given Rs 40 per quintal of rice by the state government. Chhattisgarh is called ‘Rice Bowl’ for its high production of rice.

    ED said that this amount of Rs 40 was significantly increased to Rs 120 per quintal and it was paid in two installments of Rs 60 each. The ED said that the officials of Chhattisgarh Rice Mill Owners Association, under the leadership of its treasurer Chandrakar, colluded with Markfed Managing Director Soni and started collecting a bribe of Rs 20 per quintal from the mill owners for extracting rice from the paddy.

    He said that the District Mill Owners Association sent the details of the mill owners who gave cash to the concerned DMO. He said that on receiving the bills of these mill owners, the DMOs would match them with the details received from the respective District Mill Owners Association and this information would be sent to the Markfed head office. He has alleged that ‘Markfed approved only the bills of those mill owners who gave cash to the association.

    The ED investigation found that Rs 500 crore was released on the basis of increasing the special allowance from Rs 40 per quintal to Rs 120 per quintal and a ‘bribe’ of Rs 175 crore was collected from it, which Chandrakar said was paid to ‘people in high positions’. ‘ Submitted with the active help of Sony for the benefit of.

    The probe agency said it seized ‘prosecutable material, digital devices and unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.06 crore’ during the raids.

    Elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held on November 7 and 17. Counting of votes will take place on December 3. The contest in the state is mainly between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.

  • Chhattisgarh Rice Scam: Rs 175 crore rice scam in Chhattisgarh, sensational claim of ED before elections

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday alleged another ‘scam’ in poll-bound state Chhattisgarh. In this connection, he has claimed that a former managing director of Chhattisgarh ‘Markfed’ and an official of a local rice mill owners association collected bribe of Rs 175 crore for ‘the benefit of people holding high positions’.

    In the last few months, the ED has claimed to have exposed ‘scams’ related to coal levy, liquor duty and an illegal online gambling app. There is a Congress government in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

    ED has claimed that in all these cases, bribe amount worth crores of rupees was collected with the connivance of local leaders and bureaucrats. It has so far arrested several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, a police officer and a few others in the above mentioned cases.

    In a statement, the ED alleged that in the latest ‘scam’ related to incentive money on the process of extracting rice from paddy, it was arrested on October 20-21 by former Markfed Managing Director Manoj Soni, State Paddy Mill Owners Association Treasurer Roshan Chandrakar and some of his associates. Similar nexus was revealed after searches against officials, District Marketing Officers (DMOs), some mill owners.

    She said her criminal action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department in a court in the state capital Raipur. The tax department had alleged that officials of the Chhattisgarh Paddy Mill Owners Association colluded with officials of the State Marketing Federation Limited (Markfed) and ‘conspired’ to misuse the special incentive given to the mills on the process of extracting rice from paddy. The owners are given Rs 40 per quintal of rice by the state government. Chhattisgarh is called ‘Rice Bowl’ for its high production of rice.

    ED said that this amount of Rs 40 was significantly increased to Rs 120 per quintal and it was paid in two installments of Rs 60 each. The ED said that the officials of Chhattisgarh Rice Mill Owners Association, under the leadership of its treasurer Chandrakar, colluded with Markfed Managing Director Soni and started collecting a bribe of Rs 20 per quintal from the mill owners for extracting rice from the paddy.

    He said that the District Mill Owners Association sent the details of the mill owners who gave cash to the concerned DMO. He said that on receiving the bills of these mill owners, the DMOs would match them with the details received from the respective District Mill Owners Association and this information would be sent to the Markfed head office. He has alleged that ‘Markfed approved only the bills of those mill owners who gave cash to the association.

    The ED investigation found that Rs 500 crore was released on the basis of increasing the special allowance from Rs 40 per quintal to Rs 120 per quintal and a ‘bribe’ of Rs 175 crore was collected from it, which Chandrakar said was paid to ‘people in high positions’. ‘ Submitted with the active help of Sony for the benefit of.

    The probe agency said it seized ‘prosecutable material, digital devices and unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.06 crore’ during the raids.

    Elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held on November 7 and 17. Counting of votes will take place on December 3. The contest in the state is mainly between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.

  • Merchant payments on Paytm’s app increased by 35 percent to Rs 2.65 lakh crore.

    Total gross merchandise value (GMV) at payments and financial services firm Paytm grew 35 per cent year-on-year to about Rs 2.65 lakh crore in April and May. Paytm’s average monthly transacting users (MTU) also increased by 24 percent to 9.2 crore in the last two months. Paytm has increased its share in offline payments in the last few years. It has installed 75 lakh devices with merchants to accept payments. This number has increased by approximately four lakhs last month. The company said, “Our subscription service model has been accompanied by an increase in devices. This has also led to an increase in subscription revenue and payment volume. Over the last few quarters, we have focused on payment volume. This will help in improving the net payments margin or direct sales. Get profit.” Paytm’s loan distribution business is also growing. In the last two months, this business grew by 169 percent on year-on-year basis to Rs 9,618 crore. Paytm said that it has seven big lending partners. The company aims to add three to four partners in the current financial year. Last year, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had sought information from Paytm regarding the investigation being conducted against some merchants. ED had searched some premises of One 97 Communications, which runs Paytm. In this regard, the company spokesperson had said that no new information was investigated in this ED search. ED has sought information about some merchants from various payment service providers. The spokesperson had said, “We have provided the necessary information.” The company Paytm had said in a regulatory filing, “ED has sought information about such merchants to whom we provide payment processing solutions. We want to clarify that these merchants are separate entities and none of them are part of our group. Not an entity.” Along with this, the company had said that ED had not given instructions to block any merchant associated with it or its group entities. In this case, ED had also raided some firms related to cryptocurrencies.

  • Ranbir Kapoor asked for two weeks’ time from ED, sent email to officers, inquiry to be held in Mahadev betting app case

    Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has mailed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, seeking time to appear. Let us tell you that summons was issued by Ranbir Kapoor’s ED in the Mahadev Betting App case. He was asked to appear before the ED on October 6. It is being told that the investigating agency suspects that Ranbir Kapoor has taken a huge amount of money to promote Mahadev App. For this the actor has been called for questioning.

    However, according to a report in News18, Ranbir has asked for two weeks’ time from the ED. He has to appear before the ED branch in Raipur. Let us tell you that Ranbir is accused of promoting Saurabh Chandrakar’s betting app. ED says that for this, cash payment was made to Ranbir through Hawala. ED wants to know from the actor that since when has he been promoting it? Who contacted for this and in which mode the payment was received.

    Also sources say that four people have already been arrested in connection with the case. Ranbir was asked to appear before the ED on Friday, October 6 for questioning. Another source clarified that Ranbir is not being called as an accused. Sources say that Ranbir Kapoor has been called to understand the transactions of the betting business. He has not been called as an accused at this point. It is important to interrogate him to know his information about the sources of money received from him.

    Sources say that Ranbir Kapoor may not be a part of the conspiracy but it is very important to understand the scam. On the other hand, the officers investigating the betting app case said that the Enforcement Directorate will again send summons to actor Ranbir Kapoor. If he does not join the interrogation even after issuing summons twice, then the ED team can take Ranbir Kapoor into custody for questioning.

    According to ED, the company’s promoters Saurabh Chandrashekhar and Ravi Uppal were operating it from Dubai. He is a resident of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. ED alleged that they used online book betting applications to register new users. They used to launder money from multi-level benami bank accounts by creating IDs.

    Officials said that they used to give business rights to the branches opened through franchise to their experts on the profit ratio of 70-30. Hawala was used extensively to send the money earned from betting to other countries. A large amount of cash was used to promote betting websites in India. It is being told that ED is investigating the role of 14 to 15 other celebrities in the case and they will also be called for questioning soon.

  • AAP MP Sanjay Singh arrested in Delhi, politics heated up in UP too, Akhilesh said a big thing about the government..

    Lucknow. The arrest of Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member and party’s UP in-charge Sanjay Singh after ED raid on his house has heated up the politics of the state. AAP workers have come out on the streets to protest against this action taken against their leader. Akhilesh Yadav has opposed this action. On the arrest of AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “I am sad that the government feels that whoever is against them should be arrested. In the same day, journalists and AAP leader were arrested.” Arrest was made. BJP should understand that this time 100 crore people are against them. This time INDIA will wipe out this BJP. ED, CBI, and IT are part of their (BJP) organization, so there is no need to panic. SP Supremo says, “The government thinks that arrest those who are in protest, arrest the leaders, arrest the journalists. First the journalists were arrested and then Sanjay Singh was arrested. BJP should understand that 100 crore people are against them. 100 crore people will be against him in the 2024 elections. “Will they arrest 100 crore people? Bharat, India and people of PDA will wipe out BJP…”