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Indian Express
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- Indian Express
Detention illegal, accused produced 24 hours after physical custody: Court
A SPECIAL court termed the arrest and detention of a Kolkata-based man illegal, as he was produced over 24 hours after he was taken into custody by the Mumbai Police (Economic Offences Wing) in connection with the illegal forex trading case. Shaileshkumar Suryakumar Pandey was granted bail and sent back to a correctional home in Kolkata where he is lodged in another case. Pandey was produced before the court on June 30 by officials of the EOW. The officials said that he was taken in custody from the Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata, following orders from a local court there on June 27. The EOW sought to interrogate Pandey on the ground that he had allegedly earned a commission of Rs 18-20 crore, for helping co-accused, Prasenjit Das, to open 200 bank accounts. The allegations against the accused in the case are that they used various dummy entities to defraud the public under the guise of making investments in forex trading. Pandey's lawyers argued that he was taken in physical custody from Kolkata on June 28 and produced in the Mumbai court only on June 30, which was beyond the permissible time of 24 hours. He argued that the detention was therefore illegal. The EOW opposed this contention, stating that he was arrested on June 30 and the travel time required to bring him from Kolkata to Mumbai was excluded. The court observed that even though the EOW was claiming that the arrest had taken place when he was brought to Mumbai, a previous Bombay High Court order had clarified that from the time the accused is taken in physical custody, the time of arrest is counted. The court said that the EOW investigator had not moved any plea for transit remand to bring Pandey to Mumbai. 'Accused is produced beyond 24 hours before this court from actually taking into custody. Thus, in my view, the accused is illegally arrested and produced beyond 24 hours. Hence, he cannot be further detained either in police custody,' the court said in its order on June 30. The court then granted Pandey bail in this case and he was sent to Kolkata, where he remains in judicial custody.
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Gang robs 2 drivers from Surat of Rs 1.5 crore of their employer's money in Dhule
Nashik: On Sunday morning, two men from Surat were allegedly robbed of Rs 1.5 crore in Dhule by a gang of six to seven men, police said. Kalpesh Patel, a 46-year-old driver employed by a Surat-based businessman, filed a complaint leading the Dhule taluka police to register an FIR under sections 310 (dacoity) and 126 (wrongful restraint) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). As per the complainant, eight people robbed them of their cash near Purmepada village, along the Mumbai-Agra highway in Dhule taluka, at 5am on Sunday. Senior officers of the Dhule taluka police station said two teams have been formed to trace the people involved in the crime. Kalpesh Patel told the police that he goes from one place to another across the country in an SUV of his employer's company to collect money from the sale of agricultural produce and spices. If the journey is too long, two drivers travel for the cash collection. He said that on July 3, he and another driver, Bharatbhai Bhalia, started from Nashik to collect money from Jhansi, Lalitpur, and Lucknow. After making the collection, they were on their way to Mumbai to deliver the cash they had collected. On Sunday, at around 5 am, when they were on their way to Mumbai, a gang of five people intercepted their vehicle and started beating them up for allegedly hitting their car. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like An engineer reveals: One simple trick to get internet without a subscription Techno Mag Learn More Undo Patel alleged the assailants violently assaulted them, tied their hands, and forced them into another vehicle, driving around for nearly one hour. Subsequently, the perpetrators untied Patel's hands and took the keys to the SUV before fleeing the scene. Patel noted the registration number of the robbers' car. After walking approximately 1.5km, he said he found the SUV abandoned, with Rs 1.5 crore in cash missing. Bhalia was not present at the spot. Later, Patel encountered Bhalia roadside, who reported that his hands had been bound, his face covered with a cloth, and was pushed into a roadside nullah by the robbers, who then escaped. Bhalia added that the criminals communicated in Gujarati, but one man was speaking in Marathi.
New Indian Express
an hour ago
- New Indian Express
Sebi chief rules out banning weekly expiries
Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Monday ruled out barring weekly expiries in the wake of the ban on the US-based quant trader Jane Street last week and reiterated that Sebi will not allow anyone to engage in market manipulation. The regulator also justified the interim order issued against the Jane Street saying the regulator has all the powers to act against manipulative and fraudulent activities, and the interim order speaks for itself. Pandey further said Sebi will continue tightening surveillance on the derivatives market but ruled out curbing weekly index expiries at this stage. In his first comment on the matter, Pandey had last Saturday said the Jane Street scam was an issue of surveillance and that as the regulator it will not allow anyone to manipulate the market. The Sebi had last week barred US-based quant firm Jane Street from local markets for alleged manipulation of index levels and also ordered it disgorge Rs 4,843.5 crore of illicit gains. Pandey said, 'Sebi is focused on retail investor protection" and surveillance is tightened on both Sebi and exchange level, adding that the regulator was "working towards upgrading its surveillance tools.' Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at the NSE on Monday, he also said Sebi does not see 'many other risks' like the manipulations done by Jane Street. 'I don't think there are very many other risks," he said, replying to a specific question on whether there are other funds or investors who may have manipulated the markets in a similar way.
