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Restitution to defrauded investors back in spotlight | Latest News India

Restitution to defrauded investors back in spotlight | Latest News India

On Saturday, the same day diamantaire Mehul Choksi was arrested in Belgium at India’s request, Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary in New Delhi, handed over a bank demand draft of ₹515.31 crore to Justice (retired) DK Seth. The latter is chairman of the Calcutta high court–appointed Asset Disposal Committee, and the money will be used to pay back defrauded investors in the over ₹17,520 crore Rose Valley Ponzi scam that has its roots in multiple states. Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was arrested by Belgium’s Law Enforcement authorities, acting on the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently. (ANI) The recipients of this money will include 7.5 lakh people across the country who were duped by the Rose Valley Group that promised gullible investors land parcels and time share in hotels. Following investigation by the Enforcement Directorate 3.1 million claims were registered with the high court-appointed Asset Disposal Committee. While the ₹515.31 crore recovered is a relatively small amount, for Rahul Navin, director ED, the recovery was yet another step …

Dahomey review: Mati Diop’s probing documentary on restitution of stolen artefacts makes for essential viewing

Dahomey review: Mati Diop’s probing documentary on restitution of stolen artefacts makes for essential viewing

Mati Diop‘s new documentary is unlike anything else you’ll see this year. The French-Senegalese filmmaker has made a transfixing document that follows the restitution of 26 stolen artefacts that were placed in the Musée Quai Branly in Paris. Looted during the 1892 invasion, these artefacts are now returning to the land of their origin, in Benin. It is a sort of homecoming, as played through the perspective of the 26th artefact- a wooden statue of King Ghezo. The statue gets a voice (as spoken by Makenzy Orcel in Fon language), and this is where Diop’s razor-sharp observation on cultural history, institutionalized monopoly and colonialism begins to take shape. (Also read: Emilia Pérez review: Don’t blame Selena Gomez, but her new movie is a wild mess) Dahomey premiered on Mubi India on December 13. A story of homecoming In Diop’s gaze, Dahomey begins as a ghost story. This voice of the artefact is aware of the phase of transit, that a series of other statues are being taken back to their homeland. Diop gives voice to …

ED initiates restitution of properties of Heera Group of Companies’ investors

ED initiates restitution of properties of Heera Group of Companies’ investors

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Heera Group of Companies, Nowhera Shaik. address media conference at her office in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: File photo The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad Zonal Office, has initiated the process of restitution of properties to the genuine investors of Heera Group of Companies, following directions of the Supreme Court order dated November 11, 2024. The ED initiated an investigation on the money laundering case against Heera Group of Companies and their managing director Nowhera Shaik for collecting thousands of crores of rupees from them on the false promise of high returns of around 36% per annum. The investigation revealed that a large part of the funds collected from investors was diverted to amass huge immovable and movable properties in the names of Nowhera Shaik, her relatives and associates, and Heera Group of Companies, said the officials from the ED. During investigation, ED had provisionally attached properties to the tune of ₹400 crore acquired out of Proceeds of Crime (POC) by Nowhera Shaik, Heera Group of companies …