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Time of India
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- Time of India
FIR against colonizers for fraud, illegal construction in Ujjain
Ujjain: The Economic Offence Wing, Ujjain filed an FIR against the colonisers of Gauri Nandan Complex Colony and Dashrath Nandan Colony for allegedly defrauding the public by constructing illegal colonies. An FIR was registered against four colonisers under sections 420, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and 292(c) of the Municipal Corporation Act 1956. Inspector Reema Yadav said that the EOW investigated Gauri Nandan Complex Colony on land survey number 3268/3 in Chintaman Jawasia village, Ujjain and Dashrath Nandan Colony on land survey number 138/2 in the same village. Gauri Nandan Colony did not obtain valid permissions from T&CP, Municipal Corporation, Colony Cell, RERA among others. This resulted in a loss of revenue to the govt. Fraud was committed against customers (plot buyers) as promises to develop basic amenities like drinking water, electricity, roads and sewer lines were not fulfilled. In Dashrath Nandan Colony, EWS regulations were violated. To date, neither colony received a completion certificate. The unit filed cases against Rituraj Singh Chauhan, Jasraj Sharma, Sonu Sharma and Pushparaj Singh Chauhan.
Hindustan Times
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Vendors picked for willingness to pay bribes, not merit: EOW in DMF charge sheet
RAIPUR: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) on Tuesday filed its charge sheet in connection with irregularities in the District Mineral Fund (DMF) in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, alleging that the officials did not select vendors on merit but their willingness to pay bribes. Among the state government officials named in EOW's 6,000-page charge sheet are former Korba collector Ranu Sahu, former deputy secretary at then chief minister Bhupesh Baghel's office Saumya Chaurasia, and Maya Warrior, assistant commissioner at the Tribal Development Department. The other accused include Suryakant Tiwari, an influential businessman in the coal industry, Maya Warrior, assistant commissioner, Tribal Development Dept and several vendors and contractors such as Sanjay Shende, Rishabh Soni, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Mukesh Agrawal, and Ashok Agrawal who are currently in jail in Raipur. The EOW probe stems from a report submitted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), which led to the registration of FIR on January 16, 2024. EOW said the DMF was a trust fund established in mineral-rich districts to support welfare projects in areas affected by mining and was funded by contributions from mining companies. But the DMF became a source of illicit wealth for a powerful nexus of officials and vendors, the charge sheet said. The EOW alleged that Chaurasia and Tiwari used their political influence to get Sahu posted as Korba collector and Maya Warrior in the tribal department. 'Together, they restructured DMF priorities to favour supply-based schemes such as training kits, sports goods, agricultural and medical equipment — sectors where inflated costs and kickbacks were easiest to engineer,' the charge sheet said. 'Funds were then funnelled to 'obedient' vendors, with Sanjay Shende receiving ₹114 crore, Mr Rishabh Soni ₹54 crore, and others receiving tens of crores. The payments were allegedly facilitated through tenders pushed through departments like Education, Women & Child Development, Sports, and Tribal Welfare, as well as local Panchayats,' the chargesheet added. In its investigation, EOW found that the DMF budget was approved at meetings of the executive committee and governing council, all of which were chaired by Sahu, who was arrested in 2023. EOW claimed that the accused sidelined essential development projects in favour of those that could generate maximum personal gain. 'Detailed records show that between 2021–2023, DMF fund allocations were inflated or redirected to benefit these handpicked vendors, many of whom had no prior record in large-scale public procurement. Officials say quality control was bypassed, and many of the projects were either redundant or of substandard execution,' the charge sheet said. EOW claimed the proceeds of crime from these contracts were distributed among bureaucrats, political figures, and intermediaries. 'Large amounts of cash commissions were allegedly funnelled up the chain, even reaching senior figures in the then state government. The accused are also alleged to have acquired undisclosed assets and properties in their names and those of family members,' the charge sheet said.
New Indian Express
25-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Former tahsildar, 11 others booked for Rs 100 crore land fraud in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Cyberabad Commissionerate has registered a case against a former tahsildar of Quthbullapur, his staff from late 2023, and 11 other individuals for allegedly manipulating records of 5-acre land, worth approximately over Rs 100 crore. The case involves alleged forgery in succession proceedings, fake partition documents and fraudulent sale deed registrations concerning land that was originally purchased from the Union government. The case was initially registered in Jagadgirigutta Police Station but was later transferred to EOW police. The complaint was filed by T Danamma, who stated that her brother-in-law, Vakiti Sudhakar, had purchased the five-acre land parcel from the Ministry of Finance's Debts Recovery Tribunal in 2005. Sudhakar passed away in September 2020, followed by his wife Bazaramma. Prior to his death, in July 2020, he executed a Will Deed bequeathing the property to his relatives: Barla Vanaja, T Danamma, Vardhanapu Varalakshmi and T Keshava Rao. The heirs applied to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to have the properties mutated in their names. In November 2020, they also approached the tahsildar of Quthbullapur mandal to grant mutation and issue a new pattadar passbook/ title deed (PPB/TD). However, officials reportedly told them there was a discrepancy in the land's survey number and their request was put on hold. In 2021, they approached the high court, which directed that if the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration found it unnecessary to keep the property on the prohibited list, he should instruct the district collector to initiate steps for its removal. Alternatively, if the chief commissioner did not accept the collector's proposals, he was to issue appropriate orders and communicate the same to the petitioners through the collector. The court ordered that this entire process be completed within eight weeks from the date of receipt of the order.
Indian Express
24-05-2025
- Indian Express
Orissa HC's bail condition for woman in cheating case: Clean bank branch every day for 2 months
The Orissa High Court has set an unusual bail condition for a woman accused in a cheating case – for two months, she must clean the premises of a bank. The suspect, Manogyan Patnaik, was arrested by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on February 5 under various sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code for a loan she had taken in 2018. According to court documents, the woman and her co-borrower had taken three loans of a total of Rs 1.05 crore from a Cuttack branch of ICICI Bank. For this, the suspects mortgaged three residential properties in Bhubaneswar. But before all three loans were foreclosed, the woman's co-borrower sold one of the mortgaged properties to a third person, who immediately filed a complaint with the bank. While granting her bail on May 13, the Orissa High Court set the woman three bail conditions, one of which was to clean the bank premises. The bail came on a petition that the woman had moved in court. 'The petitioner shall approach the ICICI Bank, Link Road Branch, Cuttack and clean the bank premises during the morning hours between 8:00 am to 10:00 am for a period of two months,' reads the court order passed by Justice S K Panigrahi. The order adds that the inspector-in-charge of the police station under which the branch falls would supervise the work. Meanwhile, the case is still pending before the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (OPID) court in Cuttack.
Hans India
01-05-2025
- Hans India
Fraudster gets 7-yr jail for duping investors
Bhubaneswar: A court in Balasore district on Wednesday sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment after he was found guilty of fraud in crypto investment. The designated court, set up under Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 2011, also slapped a penalty of Rs 2.35 lakh on convict Nilesh Kumar Kar. He was convicted under different sections of the IPC and IT Act. The case was registered on April 5, 2023, and the accused Nilesh Kar was arrested on April 6, 2023, from Balasore. Mahamanya Jena of Balasore had lodged a complaint alleging that Nilesh Kar had induced him to invest in an App/website to earn extra money. He had invested Rs 2,13,038 by depositing the same between January and March 2023. When he was supposed to get Rs 50,57,117 on his invested amount, suddenly the website stopped functioning and he could not withdraw the amount, Jena alleged. During the investigation, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) under the Crime Branch of Odisha police found that the website was fake and it was developed for mining crypto currency. One has to invest a minimum amount of Rs 665 to become a member to get a return of Rs 1,487.25 after 37 days. An investor was assured of earning about Rs 40 daily on the invested amount. The convict Nilesh Kar, being the leader of the fake website for Balasore district, had induced more than 400 persons of Odisha, including Jena, to become members of the website, the EOW said. The investigation also revealed that the convict showed fake authorisation letter from RBI. After collecting money, suddenly the wallet and the website were closed down. The convict, along with other accused persons, cheated the investors of Odisha of Rs 1.13 crore, the Special Public Prosecutor of the OPID Court, Balasore, said.
