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Properties of three proclaimed offenders attached in Sopore

Properties of three proclaimed offenders attached in Sopore

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Police on Friday attached properties of three proclaimed offenders in E&IMCO case in Sopore. Police said that the action forms part of the continued efforts of police to enforce the rule of law against absconding accused involved in activities prejudicial to the security and integrity of the nation. (File) Police said that as part of sustained action against the terror ecosystem, police attached the immovable properties of three proclaimed offenders in connection with FIR under Sections 2/3 of the E&IMCO Act registered at Panzalla police station. “The attachment proceedings were carried out at Nadihal in collaboration with the revenue department against accused Reyaz Ahmad Lone son of Mukhtar Lone resident of Nadihal – land measuring 2 kanal 16 marlas under various survey numbers. Aijaz Ahmad Lone son of Ali Mohammad Lone resident of Nadihal – land measuring 10 marlas under survey number 280 min and Mushtaq Ahmad Shah son of Assadullah Shah resident of Nadihal – land measuring 2 kanal under survey numbers 3308 min and 3032 min,” police spokesman said, adding that all the …

Two SRS promoters declared fugitive offenders in fraud case | Legal News

Two SRS promoters declared fugitive offenders in fraud case | Legal News

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FARIDABAD-based real estate firm SRS Group’s promoter-directors Jitender Kumar Garg and Sunil Jindal have been declared fugitive economic offenders (FEOs) by a special court in Gurugram in connection with the ED investigation against the firm, which has been accused of cheating investors and banks to the tune of Rs 2,200 crore, said agency officials. The order, dated January 15, follows an application by the ED’s Gurugram Zonal Office seeking FEO status for Garg, Jindal, and Praveen Kumar Kapoor, another SRS director. “Sunil Jindal and Jitender Kumar Garg have failed to appear in this court despite due service of summons as envisaged under Section 10 of the Fugitive Act, therefore… (they) are hereby declared as Fugitive Economic Offenders under Section 12(1) of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018, as contemplated by Section 2(1) (f)(i) and (ii) of the Act,” said  Vani Gopal Sharma, Special Judge (under PMLA cum-Sessions Judge) Gurugram. While Kapoor was deported to India on November 1, 2025, following a Red Corner Notice issued by Interpol at the ED’s behest, Garg and Jindal remain …

Goa Club Fire: Luthra Brothers Are Habitual Offenders, Have High-Profile Links, Says Whistleblower | India News

Goa Club Fire: Luthra Brothers Are Habitual Offenders, Have High-Profile Links, Says Whistleblower | India News

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Last Updated:December 10, 2025, 12:49 IST Goa nightclub fire: “The structure was built in CRZ violation as they used concrete for construction. They have encroached upon 500 sqm of property meant for tourism,” said Ravi Saurabh (top right) and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane in Goa which saw a deadly fire on Saturday night. (PTI/Instagram/News18) The Luthra brothers, owners of the Goa nightclub at Arpora, Birch by Romeo Lane, which saw a deadly fire on Saturday night that killed 25, are habitual offenders, whistleblower Ravi told CNN-News18. According to police sources, on December 7, within hours of the deadly blaze, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra boarded a flight from Delhi to Phuket, Thailand. Interpol has issued a Blue Corner Notice against the brothers to locate and provisionally detain them pending extradition proceedings. ALSO READ | Goa Club Owners Flee To Thailand: How Luthra Brothers Rose & Tripped Down The ‘Romeo Lane’ The First Information Report (FIR) has blamed the lapses at the island club for the tragedy. The Luthra brothers have moved an …

Supreme Court Judge bats ‘home custody’ for petty offenders to decongest jails | Legal News

Supreme Court Judge bats ‘home custody’ for petty offenders to decongest jails | Legal News

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Supreme Court judge Justice Augustine George Masih recently advocated “home custody” for petty crimes and low-risk offenders by the use of technology to decongest overcrowded jails of India. He also suggested rethink the concept of custody. “In India, we can follow the concept of house-arrest for low-risk offenders and track their movements utilising technology,” he said, while speaking at a seminar on correctional justice and skill development on Dec 6 in Gurugram, organized by Punjab and Haryana High Court. Confinement need not always be behind concrete walls and lawful restraint could now be enforced through technology such as GPS-enabled home custody which could serve as a valid form of confinement, he asserted. The concept entails keeping the accused person within the confines of his/her home under clearly defined guidelines related to his movement and conduct. Present provisions In India, the provision of house arrest has been defined as discretionary power of the government under section 5 of the National Security Act, 1980. A “preventive detention” and allows the government to specify where and how they …

‘Fugitive Offenders Like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi Owe Banks Rs 58,000 Crore’: Centre Reveals Details | India News

‘Fugitive Offenders Like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi Owe Banks Rs 58,000 Crore’: Centre Reveals Details | India News

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Last Updated:December 01, 2025, 23:35 IST The Centre said banks had recovered Rs 19,187 crore so far, through a mix of asset seizures and liquidation proceedings Vijay Mallya (left) and Nirav Modi. (File) The government on Monday placed major details before Parliament on the massive sums owed to Indian banks by fugitive economic offenders, revealing a total outstanding amount of Rs 58,000 crore. This includes both principal and accumulated interest, according to the data submitted. The Centre said banks had recovered Rs 19,187 crore so far, through a mix of asset seizures and liquidation proceedings. A total of 53 instances of fugitive economic offences have been flagged, featuring some of the most high-profile names accused of defrauding India’s banking system — Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and the Sandesara family among them. According to the details shared, Vijay Mallya owes Rs 22,065 crore to various banks, out of which the banks have recovered over Rs 14,000 crore through asset seizures and liquidations. Nirav Modi owes Rs 9,656 crore and several others cumulatively push the total outstanding …

Courts take cognisance of the offence, not of the offenders: Madras High Court

Courts take cognisance of the offence, not of the offenders: Madras High Court

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Courts take cognisance of the offence, not of the offenders. Therefore, it is not necessary for a court to afford an opportunity of hearing before issuing summons to an accused named in a supplementary chargesheet if cognisance had already been taken at the time of filing of main chargesheet by the investigating agency, the Madras High Court has held. A Division Bench of Justices S.M. Subramaniam and Mohamed Shaffiq ruled so while dismissing a criminal revision case filed by businessman Rahul Surana. He had filed the revision against his inclusion as the 42nd accused by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case registered on the basis of a ₹1,301 crore bank loan misappropriation case booked by the CBI. The judges agreed with ED Special Public Prosecutor N. Ramesh that taking cognisance of the same offence on multiple occasions would render the judicial process redundant and result in delay in justice delivery process. Once cognisance of an offence had been taken by a court, any further supplementary prosecution complaint must be considered to …

Repeat offenders arrested after two-month surveillance operation in Delhi

Repeat offenders arrested after two-month surveillance operation in Delhi

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The Delhi Police have arrested two repeat offenders linked to the Satender alias Baba gang for allegedly threatening witnesses to prevent them from testifying in court, officials said on Monday, news agency PTI reported. The accused, identified as Rahul alias Amit (38) from Gokalpur, and Mohit alias Lala (22) from Nand Nagri, were nabbed after a two-month surveillance operation. The police recovered a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver, six live cartridges, and a scooter used in the crimes, reported PTI. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Rahul, a known criminal from Gokalpuri Police Station limits, was wanted in a case at Loni Border Police Station, Ghaziabad, for allegedly threatening and attacking the son of a prosecution witness in a 2014 assault case. The attack was reportedly aimed at preventing the witness’s mother from testifying before the Karkardooma Court in September. Acting on a tip-off that Rahul and his aide would meet gang members near IHBAS Hospital, Dilshad Garden, the police laid a trap in the Nand Nagri area and arrested the duo …

Showers, western-style toilets: Tihar preps barracks for fugitive economic offenders | Delhi News

Showers, western-style toilets: Tihar preps barracks for fugitive economic offenders | Delhi News

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Bathing showers, Western-style toilets, wash basins and tiled bathrooms. Two special barracks inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail have been upgraded with a slew of facilities to accommodate “around 20” fugitive economic offenders. The upgrade comes after a team from the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) visited Tihar to assess the condition of inmates as well as security within the prison premises in July. The visit came in the backdrop of the Government’s efforts to secure the extradition of fugitive economic offenders such as liquor baron Vijay Mallya, diamond trader Nirav Modi, and UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari. British courts had recently pointed to concerns over the condition of prisons in India while hearing the extradition cases. According to Tihar Jail sources, the two special barracks, each with a capacity to accommodate 10 inmates, are inside Jail No. 7 — a dedicated facility for white-collar criminals. “These barracks are equipped with windows for ventilation and surrounded by greenery. Keeping their security in view, the barracks have been set up separately from the other prisoners in the jail,” …

14 individuals declared fugitive economic offenders under 2018 law: ED report | India News

14 individuals declared fugitive economic offenders under 2018 law: ED report | India News

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Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, Iqbal Mirchi’s wife Hajra Iqbal Memon, and sons Junaid Memon and Asif Iqbal Memon are among the 14 individuals declared fugitive economic offenders in the last five years under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA) enacted in 2018, the Enforcement Directorate said in its annual report. Applications to declare Mehul Choksi, Sanjay Bhandari and Zakir Naik and Mahadev app owner Ravi Uppal fugitive economic offenders are pending with different courts, the report said. ED Director Rahul Navin said the 2018 law was a significant step in India’s efforts to combat economic offences, particularly those committed by individuals who believed that they could evade prosecution by fleeing the country. “The ED filed applications to get 24 individuals declared as fugitive economic offenders until now, and 14 of them were declared so,” he said. Story continues below this ad Others on the list of 14 are Sandesara Group promoters Nitin, Chetan and Deepti Sandesara; Hitesh Patel, an accused in the Rs 8,100-crore bank loan fraud linked to Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech group; Zylog Systems …

Courts take cognisance of the offence, not of the offenders: Madras High Court

Automobile offenders caught by police

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Six persons, including three minors, were arrested for allegedly stealing two-wheelers and 11 motorcycles worth ₹10 lakh, which were recovered from them. With increasing automobile thefts in the district, Dharmavaram sub-division police have increased vehicle checking on the instructions of Superintendent of Police V Ratna. On Thursday morning, police conducted vehicle checking at Battalapalli Y-junction and intercepted two motorcycles on which a total of six persons were travelling. During questioning, they confessed to have committed theft of 11 motorcycles in Battalapalli, Dharmavaram and Anantapur Town and the same were recovered from them. The arrested have been identified as — Pranay, Dhanush and Siddhi Vinay, all from Anantapur town, and the remaining three are minors. The youngsters were addicted to vices and started committing offences to meet their expenses, the police said. Police asked the parents to keep a check on the movement of their children. Meanwhile, the Puttaparthi police raided an agriculture field near Kovelaguttapalle and caught seven persons who were gambling and recovered ₹60,100 from them. Published – April 17, 2025 04:09 pm IST …