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  • CBI Arrests Man In 2012 Rhino Poaching Case

    CBI Arrests Man In 2012 Rhino Poaching Case

    The CBI has arrested a man absconding in connection with a 10-year old rhino poaching case, officials said Thursday. The agency traced Raidang Engti at Lhomithi Village, Dimapur (Nagaland), and took him into custody from there, they said.

    The agency had registered a case on the request of Assam government to probe the poaching of a rhino on July 1, 2012. “The carcass of the Rhino was lying in a hola (enclosure) located in between the two numbers of suburi of Long Koi Tisso Gaon. During investigation, it was found that after killing the Rhino, the other accused sold the horn to the said arrested accused (Raidang Engti) at Dimapur (Nagaland),” a CBI Spokesperson said.

    Raidang Engti allegedly helped in trading the horn for a hefty amount, officials said. “After investigation, a chargesheet was filed on March 31, 2018 against five accused. Investigation was kept open regarding the sale of the Rhino horn and to arrest the said accused whose name had emerged during investigation for purchasing the poached Rhino horn,” the spokesperson said.

  • CBI files chargesheet against four including Manish Sisodia in Delhi Excise Policy case

    CBI files chargesheet against four including Manish Sisodia in Delhi Excise Policy case

    NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against four individuals, including former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the Delhi excise policy case. The incident was in connection with the alleged corruption in the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 scam which caused losses of Rs 2873 crores to the Delhi Government following which the policy was scrapped on July 31, 2022.

    The chargesheet was filed by India’s primary investigating agency at special Judge MK Nagpal’s court in which along with Sisodia the CBI had named Arjun Pandey, Amandeep Dhal, owner of Brindco Spirits and Hyderabad-based chartered accountant Buchi Babu Gorantla. Buchi Babu is currently out on bail and is said to be a former auditor of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter and Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha, in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

    Arjun Pandey’s name figured in the course of investigation along with that of co-accused turned informer Dinesh Arora who were allegedly to be closely associated with the AAP and was actively involved in “managing” and “diverting” the illegal kickbacks from liquor traders – referred to as South Group traders, who benefitted from the Delhi Excise policy that was allegedly tweaked in their favour. While the traders got windfall gains Delhi government lost huge revenues due to the alleged tweaks in the policy. The CBI alleged that Buchi Babu played a key role by representing the South Group in the Delhi liquor scam

    The CBI, which arrested Sisodia in connection with the case on February 26 for non-cooperation in the investigation had filed the first chargesheet in the case on November 25, naming seven accused including Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpally, Arun R. Pillai, Mootha Gautham, Sameer Mahendru, Kuldeep Singh, who was the then Deputy Commissioner, Excise Narender Singh, the then Asst. Commissioner, Excise Department.

    The CBI registered the Delhi Excise scam case in August last year against Sisodia and 14 others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 477A (falsification of records), and section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

    The FIR was lodged after Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena recommended a CBI probe into the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22. Sisodia, in charge of the excise department at the relevant period when the policy was formulated and implemented.

    It was alleged that the policy, which was brought into effect in November 2021, was influenced at the formulation stage to benefit certain businessmen, liquor distributors and traders. Following the registration of the case the Delhi government had withdrawn the policy with effect from 31 July 2022.

  • Former Cuddapah SP shares details of Viveka murder case with CBI officials

    Former Cuddapah SP shares details of Viveka murder case with CBI officials

    VIJAYAWADA: Senior IPS officer and APSP fifth battalion commandant Rahul Dev Sharma on Monday reportedly met sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the murder of YSRC leader and former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy.

    The former Kadapa district SP, who headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the previous government to probe Viveka’s murder, met the CBI team in Hyderabad and reportedly submitted crucial information pertaining to the murder which took place in March 2019, just a month before the general elections.

    Sharma was in the CBI office for about an hour and shared details of the investigation with the officials. It is also learnt that he was questioned about the developments that took place in the past and evidence collected from the scene of offence. When contacted, the IPS officer was unavailable for a comment.

  • No link between CBI summons and Satyapal Malik’s allegations: Amit Shah

    No link between CBI summons and Satyapal Malik’s allegations: Amit Shah

    Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation “for third time” as part of the investigation in an alleged insurance scam and noted that there was no relation of the summons and his allegations against BJP-led government.

    Amit Shah said the BJP government has not done any such thing which needs to be hidden from people. He said if certain remarks are made for personal, political self-interest, those should be treated likewise.

    “According to my information, he has been called a second or third time. An investigation is underway, some new information or proof must have come to light and he has been called for the third time. There is no truth in this that he has been called for speaking against us,” Shah said at Karnataka Roundtable organised by India Today.

    Referring to Malik’s allegations against the BJP-led government, Shah said he should be asked “why these things (have) come to mind after leaving us”.

    “Why is not the soul awoken when you are in power…the credibility of such remarks should be seen by people, journalists…if all this is true, why was he quiet when he was Governor..these are not issues of public discussion. I want to say to the people of the country that the BJP-led government hasn’t done any such thing which needs to be hidden. If some remarks are made for personal, political self-interest after leaving us, those should be evaluated by the people, media…,” Amit Shah said.

    Answering another query about the decision to appoint Satyapal Malik as Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Shah said he had worked in BJP for a long time and was also a former party vice president.

    “A selection was made, sometimes this happens in politics…If someone keeps changing attitude, form from time to time, what can we do, people should understand,” he said.

    Satyapal Malik on Friday said that he has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for giving clarification regarding the alleged insurance scam in Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Sisodia told Delhi High Court, CBI’s figures are just paper

    Sisodia told Delhi High Court, CBI’s figures are just paper

    New Delhi (IANS) | Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told the Delhi High Court on Thursday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not have any evidence to show his involvement in the alleged Delhi Excise Policy case, and he was being targeted so that he could be jailed. Can be kept CBI Judge M.K. Nagpal (Rouse Avenue Court) had on April 5 rejected Sisodia’s bail plea.

    Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, appearing for the AAP leader, told a division bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma that barring Sisodia, all other accused in the CBI case have been released on bail.

    He also said that the probe agency has no evidence to show that the AAP leader tampered with the evidence.

    Krishnan argued on behalf of Sisodia, he says I do not cooperate. This can never be a ground for denying me bail. I don’t need to cooperate, confess or answer questions the way they want me to. The Constitution allows me to answer the way I want.

    Senior advocate Mohit Mathur, another counsel for Sisodia, said the CBI figures are only on paper and no evidence of money transaction has been found.

    Mathur argued on behalf of Sisodia, he has made me the main mastermind of this alleged conspiracy through Vijay Nair. But Vijay Nair was arrested in September 2022 and released in November even before the charge sheet was filed. I was called for questioning for the second time in February 2023. Therefore, all these allegations about me that I am capable of influencing witnesses are completely false.

    The High Court, after hearing the matter in detail, listed the matter for further hearing on April 26.

    Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S.V. Raju, CBI’s counsel will present his case in the next hearing.

    Justice Sharma also asked the ASG to explain how the excise policy operates and the probe agency may call its investigating officer to explain to him.

    While denying bail to Sisodia, CBI judge Nagpal had said that Sisodia could prima facie be held to be the mastermind behind the criminal conspiracy.

    He had remarked that advance bribe payments of around Rs 90-100 crore were meant for Sisodia and his associates in the AAP government.

    The order said that at this stage of the investigation, the court is not inclined to release Sisodia on bail as his release may adversely affect the ongoing investigation and its progress would also be seriously hampered.

    –IANS

  • Cuddapah MP Avinash Reddy appears before CBI in Vivekananda murder case

    Cuddapah MP Avinash Reddy appears before CBI in Vivekananda murder case

    Hyderabad (IANS) | Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy on Wednesday appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the murder of former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s cousin Avinash Reddy reached the CBI’s regional office in Hyderabad around 10.30 am in response to the notice issued by the CBI.

    His lawyer was also with him. This is the fifth time that YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MPs appeared before the CBI.

    The Telangana High Court on Tuesday directed the CBI not to arrest Avinash Reddy till April 25.

    The court, in its interim order on the MP’s anticipatory bail plea, directed him to appear before the CBI daily till April 25.

    The CBI had called Avinash Reddy for questioning on April 17, but the agency deferred the questioning twice to hear his anticipatory bail plea.

    The final order on the anticipatory bail plea will be pronounced on April 25.

    From CBI’s Avinash Reddy, his father Y.S. It is likely to be questioned in the presence of Bhaskar Reddy and another accused Udaya Kumar Reddy.

    A day after the CBI court sent Bhaskar Reddy and Uday Kumar Reddy to CBI custody, the central agency took their custody from Chanchalguda Central Jail and brought them to the CBI office after a medical examination at Osmania General Hospital.

    Bhaskar Reddy was arrested by the CBI on April 16 while his follower Udaya Kumar Reddy was arrested on April 14 from Pulivendula town in Cuddapah district of Andhra Pradesh. Both were brought to Hyderabad where a court sent them to judicial custody.

    The CBI had named Avinash Reddy as a co-accused in its plea seeking Bhaskar Reddy’s custody.

    The MP’s counsel had argued in the High Court on Tuesday that apart from the statement of Dastagiri, who has turned approver in the case, the CBI has no evidence against Avinash.

    Vivekananda Reddy, brother of former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of Jagan Mohan Reddy, was murdered at his Pulivendula residence on March 15, 2019.

    The 68-year-old former state minister and ex-MP was alone at his house when unknown people barged into his house and killed him.

    The CBI took over the probe in the case in 2020 on the direction of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, while hearing a petition by Sunita Reddy, daughter of Vivekananda Reddy, who had raised suspicions on some relatives.

    The Supreme Court had transferred the case to Hyderabad in November last year after Sunitha Reddy raised doubts about the fair trial and investigation in Andhra Pradesh.

    –IANS

  • Teacher scam: Trinamool MLA arrested under CBI probe, 12 bank accounts of wife

    Teacher scam: Trinamool MLA arrested under CBI probe, 12 bank accounts of wife

    Kolkata (IANS) | The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal, is probing 12 bank accounts of arrested Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha and his wife Togori Saha. Sources said that of the 12 accounts maintained in various public sector and private banks, eight are in Murshidabad district while the remaining four are in Birbhum district. It is learned that the 12 bank accounts have a combined deposit of a little over Rs 12 crore. Saha, who is currently in CBI custody, is being questioned by the CBI about the sources of such huge deposits.

    Sources said that of the 12 accounts, four are in the name of the arrested MLA, three in the name of his wife and the remaining five jointly. Earlier, the CBI had tracked several high-value properties owned by Saha and his family members. What came as a surprise to the CBI is that most of these high-value properties owned by Saha and his family members are located in Birbhum district, while Saha is a Trinamool MLA from Burwan assembly constituency in his home district Murshidabad.

    This has given rise to the question of Saha’s possible link to the cattle smuggling scam, given that Birbhum was the epicenter of the cattle scam, with the ruling party’s Birbhum district president Anubrata Mandal already in judicial custody. Sources said that being a border district, Murshidabad has strong links with the cattle smuggling scam as cows smuggled from various cattle trading centers in Birbhum were sent to Bangladesh through the Murshidabad border.

    The CBI has also learned that Saha and Mondal had extremely cordial relations. Meanwhile, following protocol, the CBI on Tuesday informed Speaker Biman Banerjee’s office about Saha’s arrest, as he is a sitting member of the House.

    –IANS

  • Mamata Banerjee Lashes Out At Centre After CBI Arrests TMC Leader Over Jobs Scam Case

    Mamata Banerjee Lashes Out At Centre After CBI Arrests TMC Leader Over Jobs Scam Case

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the Centre after Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Jiban Krishna Saha was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on April 17. The arrest was due to the legislator’s alleged connection to the cash-for-jobs scam. During a press briefing, the Bengal CM slammed the Central government for sending the agencies after her party members and using them for the smallest of issues.

    “You sent ED after everyone. Everyone has one agency or the other behind them. You send NIA even if a chocolate bomb goes off. What is the job of the NIA? It is to protect the country,” Banerjee said. “We maintain democracy here, we maintain courtesy. That is why sometimes we raise our voices. But if someone messes with us, they will be destroyed,” she added. The CM also mentioned Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal who was questioned by the CBI for over nine hours on April 16. “Doesn’t BJP (leaders) have cases against them? How many have been arrested? Are they all clean?” she questioned.

    TMC leader arrested by CBI
    Saha was arrested from Burwan in Murshidabad and he will be soon produced in court after a medical examination. The TMC member is alleged to have been involved with the scam and he is also accused of having used two mobile phones for communication, which he is said to have thrown to get rid of the evidence. One of the phones has been recovered from a pond and the second is being searched.

    The cash for jobs scam has Partha Chatterjee, the former education minister of Bengal as the prime accused. He, along with his relatives, close aides and friends, his staff and the officials in charge of recruiting teachers, are accused of accepting bribes for issuing job appointment letters.

  • CBI made important arrest in Viveka murder case

    CBI made important arrest in Viveka murder case

    Cuddapah (IANS) | Former Andhra Pradesh minister Y.S. Intensifying the probe into the 2019 murder case of Vivekananda Reddy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made an important arrest on Friday. CBI’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) G. Udaya Kumar Reddy was arrested from Pulivendula in Cuddapah district. He was succeeded by Kadapa MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy, who is the nephew of the deceased, has been questioned several times by the agency in recent months.

    The CBI team had questioned Uday in the past.

    The probe agency is taking Uday to Hyderabad, where a CBI court has been hearing the case since November last year following a Supreme Court directive.

    The arrest comes weeks after the Supreme Court directed the CBI to constitute a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) and complete the probe by April 30.

    Uday, an employee of a uranium mine at Tummalapalli in Cuddapah district, had filed a private case against CBI SP Ram Singh in a Cuddapah court last year. On the direction of the court, the police registered a case against Ram Singh in February last year following Uday’s complaint that the officer coerced him into giving false testimony in the murder case. However, the Andhra Pradesh High Court later stayed the case against the CBI SP.

    The day Vivekananda Reddy was murdered at his residence, Uday had reportedly gone there along with Avinash Reddy and Siva Shankar.

    Uday was allegedly the brother of the deceased and Avinash Reddy’s father Y.S. Bhaskar was present at Reddy’s residence.

    Former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s brother and current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s uncle Vivekananda Reddy was murdered at his residence at Pulivendula in Cuddapah district on the night of March 15, 2019, a few days before the elections. ,

    The 68-year-old former state minister and ex-MP was alone at his house when unknown people barged into his house and killed him.

    The CBI took over the probe in the case in 2020 on the direction of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, while hearing a petition by Sunita Reddy, daughter of Vivekananda Reddy, who had raised suspicions on some relatives.

    The Supreme Court had in November last year transferred the case to Hyderabad and said that the doubts raised by Sunitha Reddy about fair trial and investigation in Andhra Pradesh are justified.

    The deceased’s brother Bhaskar Reddy and son Avinash Reddy are accused of involvement in the murder. The chief minister’s cousin Avinash has denied the allegations.

    –IANS

  • PM Modi to inaugurate Diamond Jubilee celebrations of CBI on Monday

    PM Modi to inaugurate Diamond Jubilee celebrations of CBI on Monday

    New Delhi (IANS)| Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the national capital on 3 April. During the event, a ceremony will be held for the recipients of the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Best Investigating Officers of the CBI and the Gold Medal, in which the Prime Minister will present the medals to the awardees.

    The Prime Minister will also virtually inaugurate newly constructed office complexes of CBI at Shillong, Pune and Nagpur.

    He will release a postage stamp and commemorative coin marking the Diamond Jubilee Celebration year of CBI.

    On this occasion, the Prime Minister will also launch the Twitter handle of CBI.

    The CBI was established on 1 April 1963 by a resolution of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

    –IANS