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More than 200 child labourers rescued, raids going on, says Delhi HC

Delhi High Court was informed on Monday that more than 200 children working as child labourers here have been rescued since January and further raids are underway. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted four weeks to the Delhi government counsel to file a further status report in the matter and listed it for hearing on May 4. The high court was hearing a plea by NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, which filed a petition in the aftermath of a fire that killed over 40 people, including several minors, at a factory in the Anaj Mandi area here in December 2019. The NGO had sought a direction to the authorities to inquire into the angle of trafficking and child labour. Advocate Prabhsahay Kaur, representing the NGO, said during the hearing that there had been "unprecedented success" in rescuing child labourers from various units here since January 11 when the last order was passed for constitution of committees in each district. She said the ...

Targeted killing of minorities: NIA raids multiple locations in J-K

The National Investigation Agency has been conducting raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir in cases related to terror activities of chiefs and members of proscribed terrorist organizations

Defectors should be banned from becoming ministers, says Kapil Sibal

Addressing the gathering, Sibal referred to the raids conducted at premises of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family members, and claimed that the operation was BJP's response to losing power in Bihar

Lokayukta raid on K'taka BJP MLA's son: Rs 7.62 cr found at houses

Continuing with raids after catching BJP MLA's son red-handed while accepting Rs 40 lakh bribe, the Lokayukta authorities have recovered Rs 7.62 cr in his and his aides' residences, sources confirmed

Total 265,640 raids conducted between Jan 2015-June 2022, says Govt

A total of 265,640 raids on fair price shops have been conducted and a total number of 42,274 persons were arrested or prosecuted between January 2015 to June 2022, the Parliament was told on Friday

CBI raids arrested Railway engineer's premises, seizes Rs 1.38 cr in cash

The CBI has seized more than Rs 1.38 crore in cash from Arun Kumar Mittal, deputy chief engineer of Northern Railway posted in Lucknow, who was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe from a contractor, officials said on Tuesday. The agency conducted searches after arresting Mittal last week, during which cash worth Rs 1.38 crore was recovered in addition to Rs 1.13 crore found in the bank accounts of the engineer and his family members, they said. Of the total Rs 1.38 crore, 38 lakh were seized during searches immediately after his arrest, they said. The agency conducted further searches at his premises, leading to an additional cash recovery of Rs 1 crore. They said that most of the money stashed in bank accounts were cash deposits made over time. "Gold jewellery worth Rs 11 lakh (approx); documents related to various property and monetary/material transactions allegedly related to various parties, including Railway Vendors/Contractors, have also been unearthed," a CBI spokesperson

ED conducts searches at 16 locations in Bengaluru in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that it has recently conducted search operations at 16 locations in Bengaluru in connection with a money laundering case

Chinese loan app case: ED seizes Rs 78 cr after searches at 5 places

The ED said it has recently carried out search operations at five places in Bengaluru, in connection with its investigation related to the Chinese loan app case

NIA raids: PFI calls for hartal in Kerala on Friday; stages protests

Activists of the Popular Front of India (PFI) on Thursday staged protests across Kerala against the raids carried out in their organisation's offices, houses of leaders and other premises by multi-agencies led by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly supporting terror activities in the country. The outfit also called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the southern state on Friday to mark their strong protest against the central agencies' act. A PFI statement here said its state committee observed that the arrest of the leaders was part of "state-sponsored terrorism". "A hartal will be observed in the state on September 23 against the RSS-controlled fascist government's attempt to silence dissenting voices using the central agencies," A Abdul Sathar, state general secretary, PFI, said. The hartal would be held from 6 AM to 6 PM, he said in the statement. As news of the early morning searches broke out, PFI workers took out marches to the places where the raids were car

Rs 17 cr cash, 16 hours, 8 counting machines: Know about ED raid in Kolkata

It took over 16 hours and eight counting machines for the ED officials to count the heap of cash that was recovered from the residence of a businessman in Kolkata

Mobile gaming application case: ED raids six locations in Kolkata

ED has carried out search operations at six locations here with respect to an investigation relating to the Mobile Gaming Application

Kerala police's Crime Branch raids PC George's residence in Erattupetta

The Crime Branch wing of Kerala police on Thursday raided the residence of P C George in Erattupetta area of the district. The raid was carried out to find evidence in connection with the 2017 actress assault case, sources said. George has in the past expressed his support for actor Dileep in the case in which the latter is an accused. George was arrested twice this year for allegedly making hate speeches and later released on bail.

Bengal CID raids arrested Jharkhand MLA's house, seizes Rs 5 lakh in cash

West Bengal CID conducted a raid at the residence of one of the three arrested Jharkhand MLAs in connection with the probe into the cash seizure case and recovered Rs 5 lakh and an SUV from there

NIA raids Trichy special camp lodging foreigners with criminal records

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) special camp in Tamil Nadu where foreigners with criminal records are lodged, the agency said

4 CBI officers arrested for conducting fake raid on IT firm in Chandigarh

Senior CBI officials said as part of the agency's zero-tolerance towards corruption policy, strictest possible action will be initiated against the accused officials

Home ministry officials among 14 arrested as CBI probes FCRA bribe case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested 14 persons, including six officials of the MHA in connection with Tuesday's raid at 40 places which led to the recovery of Rs 3.21 cr cash

ED raids JSPL offices over suspected violation of forex regulations: Report

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal financial crime fighting agency raided offices of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) in New Delhi on Thursday over suspected violation of foreign exchange regulations, a source familiar with the matter said.

Mumbai: ED conducts raids at Indiabulls Finance Center

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at the offices of India Bulls Finance Centre in Mumbai and Delhi in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering case

Rs 177 cr found in perfumer Jain's house is biggest ever seizure: Ministry

Further searches are underway at Jain's residential/factory premises in Kannauj

Antilia bomb scare probe: Ex-Mumbai Police 'encounter specialist' arrested

NIA raided former encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma's Andheri home and later detained him, as part of the ongoing probe into the cases of SUV planting and businessman Mansukh Hiran murder