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Time of India
30-05-2025
- Time of India
CBI nabs NCLT official 'for taking Rs 3 lakh bribe'
Mumbai: arrested a deputy registrar of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for allegedly taking a Rs 3-lakh bribe from a businessman through an aide at a Colaba eatery, reports Vijay V Singh. The agency produced the official, Charan Pratap Singh, and his associate, Karan Ahir, before a court on Thursday, seeking their custody. The court rejected the plea and sent the two to judicial custody.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Torres case: Searches at angadias and hawala agents
Mumbai: Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at four locations in Mumbai and Surat at premises of angadias and hawala operators on Friday, investigating money laundering linked to the Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd ( Torres Jewellery ) fraud case. The searches yielded recovery of Rs 6.3 crore in undeclared cash from the operators who had aided in hawala transactions in both cities. Previously, ED had frozen bank accounts containing Rs 21.75 crore balance in this case. The investigation began following a case registered at APMC police station, probe shows that Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd collected cash from customers for Moissanite Diamonds and other jewellery sales. Instead of using the money for business, it was was channelled through hawala operators and converted to USDT identified an arrested accused, Alpesh Khara, as a crucial suspect. — Vijay V Singh
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
FCI AGM held accepting 20 lakh bribe
Mumbai: The CBI arrested four individuals, including a Food Corporation of India (FCI) assistant general manager from the regional office in Mumbai, in a bribery case involving Rs 20 lakh on Friday. A businessman, his son and an associate were the other arrested CBI filed an FIR against six individuals, including the arrested FCI official and others. The allegations suggest that the FCI official, through his arrested associates, promised to assist an private company in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in securing favourable treatment during the tender allocation process at the FCI Mumbai Office in exchange for a CBI caught the AGM accepting a Rs 20 lakh bribe from an associate.— Vijay V Singh
