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J&K Grapples with Economic Crime Wave: Economic Offence Cases Jump by 48 in Two Years, NCRB Report

December 7, 2023 Editor

J&K has witnessed a significant rise in the economic offence cases in 2022 as compared to previous years, the data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has suggested. The Union Territory (UT) witnessed registration of 976 cases under such crimes in 2022. The number was 669 in 2021 and 611 in 2020. The UT in 2019 had witnessed 621 cases under the category. As per the data, while 62 cases were registered under criminal breach of trust under Sections 406 to 409 of the IPC, at least two cases…

Enforcement Directorate arrests Ex-J&K Minister Lal Singh in Money Laundering Case

November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh was arrested by probe agency ED hours after an anti-corruption court dismissed his anticipatory bail application in a money laundering case. Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate here on Tuesday, hours after an anti-corruption court dismissed his anticipatory bail application in a money laundering case, officials said. Singh was under investigation by the federal agency as part of the case lodged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against an educational trust run by his…

ED Grills Ex-J&K Minister Choudhary Lal Singh for Over 12 Hours

November 5, 2023 Editor

Released on condition of appearing again on Monday; Supporters stage sit-in, allege BJP’s conspiracy to debar Singh from contesting polls Former Minister and Chairman Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP) Chaudhary Lal Singh was questioned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday for more than 12 hours as part of its investigations into a case of alleged irregularities in the purchase of land by an educational trust in Kathua. As per reports, Chaudhary Lal Singh reached the office of ED, in Jammu’s Narwal area around 9.30 am, after he was summoned in…

ED raids home of ex-J&K minister Lal Singh in connection with alleged money laundering scam

October 18, 2023 Editor

The ED searches are part of its probe into the allegations of money laundering against the educational trust headed by Chaudhary Lal Singh’s wife Kanta Andotra. The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided eight places, including the residential premises of former minister and chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Dogra Swabhiman Sanghthan Choudhary Lal Singh, as part of its investigations into a case of alleged irregularities in the purchase of land by an educational trust in Kathua. Singh’s wife Kanta Andotra is the chairperson of the R B Educational Trust. Sources…

J&K HC Questions Occupancy of Govt Accommodation by 48 Politicians with Personal Homes

September 16, 2023 Editor

In the order, the division bench comprising chief justice N Kotiswar Singh and justice Rajesh Sekhri directed the petitioner’s counsel Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed and senior additional advocate general (AAG) SS Nanda appearing for the estates department to furnish a list of the politicians who own houses in Jammu or Kashmir as mentioned in a status report filed on March 28 A division bench of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court on Friday sought details of 48 politicians, who despite having personal houses, continue to occupy ministerial bungalows in twin…

Over 40% of India’s MPs have criminal cases against them: Report

September 12, 2023 Editor

Out of the 763 members of Parliament (MPs), 306 (40%) have declared criminal cases against themselves, according to a latest report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW). The data has been extracted from affidavits filed by the MPs prior to contesting their last elections. Around 194 (25%) MPs have declared serious criminal cases, including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc. Kerala (73%) topped the chart of MPs who declared criminal cases in their self-sworn affidavits, followed by Bihar,…