ED files money laundering case to probe irregularities in PMAY

First India Bureau Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized “incriminating” documents after it recently carried out raids in Maharashtra as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the tender allocation of the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (PMAY) scheme in Aurangabad district of the state.

A total of nine locations in Aurangabad, Pune and Akola were searched by the federal probe agency. The money laundering case stems from a state police FIR which was filed by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation against firms like Samarath Construction & JV, Indo Global Infrastructure Services, Jaguar Global Services and their respective partners, for “forgery and formation of a cartel” to illegally win the tender of the municipal body for constructing 40,000 PMAY houses at Aurangabad, the ED said in a statement. The

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PMAY scheme was to be implemented at seven plots/sites in Aurangabad. “It was found that all the three e-tenders were uploaded from a single IP address. The FIR was registered after the PMAY regulators identified the anomaly that the winning firm was not at all financially capable of implementing such a big project,” the agency said.

Probe found, the ED said, that three firms applied for the e-tender from the same IP address.

lund court’s order,” Dubey said.

Akhtar has to appear before the Mulund court on March 31, he added.

The complainant, who claims to be an RSS supporter, had alleged Akhtar, with a view to gain political score, unnecessarily dragged the name of the RSS and defamed the organisation in a “calculated and well planned move” while making the remarks during a television interview.

Prabhudessai on March 14 noted that footpath dwellers, particularly street children, are the most vulnerable and marginalized section of the society, prone to victimization and exploitation.

“Child trafficking is one of the most serious and heinous forms of exploitation, which not only impacts the child and the family, but threatens the very fabric of the society,” the court said.

Considering the gravity of the offence, the court said it was not inclined to grant bail to the accused. Gudenti was booked on the charges of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, wrongful confinement, and trafficking.

The court noted that prima facie, the material submitted by the police indicates that Gudenti was involved in a racket of kidnapping and sale of children.

Govt asks BMC to install devices to curb pollution

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Mumbai: The government has directed the BMC to install anti-pollution equipment such as fogging machines and water sprinklers within next 8 to 15 days to curb deteriorating air quality in metropolis, state Minister Deepak Kesarkar told the Legislative Council on Monday.

Speaking in the House, Kesarkar said, “In Mumbai dust is

Police action against RaGa a cowardly act, says Patole

First India Bureau Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has said the police action against party leader Rahul Gandhi was a “cowardly” act by the panic-stricken Narendra Modi government. He said the prime minister’s attempt to suppress Rahul Gandhi’s voice by using the police will not succeed and Congress will continue to seek answers on the alleged scam by industrialist Gautam Adani. “I condemn the police action against Rahul Gandhi which is a cowardly act by the panic-stricken Modi regime,” Patole told reporters.

“The Congress party will bring the dark truth about AdaniModi before the country. PM Modi is scared because Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha exposed a multi-crore scam of Gautam Adani. And because of this, the prime minister is trying to suppress Rahul Gandhi’s voice by using the police,” Patole added.