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  • CBI arrests five people for posting defamatory content against judges

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested five people for allegedly posting defamatory content against judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court and the Supreme Court on social media, officials said on Sunday.

    The role of a Lok Sabha member, Nandigam Suresh, and Amanchi Krishna Mohan, both of the YSR Congress, are under scanner in the case, and both have been examined by the agency in its effort to unearth a larger conspiracy, they said.

    “To investigate the larger conspiracy, the CBI has also examined certain persons, including an MP, ex-MLA and also continued investigation into the role of other persons who were not mentioned in the FIR,” CBI spokesperson R C Joshi said.

    The agency had on Saturday arrested two people — Pattapu Aadarsh and Lavanuru Samba Siva Reddy — from Andhra Pradesh.

    Earlier, the CBI had arrested Dhami Reddy Konda Reddy and Pamula Sudheer on July 28, while Lingareddy Rajasekhar Reddy, who was residing in Kuwait, was arrested on July 9 when he landed in India, the officials said.

    “The agency was monitoring his movements. The moment he landed in India, the officers took him into their custody”, an official said.

    The arrests were made by the CBI in the case in which it had booked 16 individuals for allegedly posting defamatory content against the judges.

    The Andhra Pradesh High Court had directed the agency to probe the case and submit a report to it in a sealed cover.

    “It was alleged that the accused, by intentionally targeting the judiciary, made derogatory posts on social media platforms against judges and judiciary, following some court verdicts delivered by the judges of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh,” Joshi said.

     

  • CBI arrests man for posing as NHAI chairman

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested an impersonator who had allegedly cheated a person to the tune of Rs 80 lakh by posing as chairman of the National Highways Authority of India, officials said on Friday.

    The accused Manoj Kumar Jha, a resident of Madhubani in Bihar, was arrested from Gurgaon, they said.

    Following the arrest, the central probe agency carried out searches at eight premises in Delhi, Kolkata, Madhubani and Bokaro Steel City, which led to recovery of various incriminating documents and around 200 SIM cards, officials said.

    “It was alleged that the impersonator called one senior officer in NHAI. It was also alleged that the complainant was advised to talk to the said chairman, as he has informed to refer two-three big reputed contractors for some urgent purpose,” CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said.

    When the complainant contacted Jha, he allegedly told the complainant that his daughter urgently needed Rs 80 lakh in Kolkata and his son-in-law would collect the amount from there.

    “The money was allegedly transferred through hawala network to Kolkata and collected by the accused himself. During investigation, the impersonator was identified as resident of Madhubani (Bihar) and was subsequently arrested from Gurgaon (Haryana),” Joshi said.

    He said the accused is presently in the CBI custody till August 9.

  • CBI arrests ponzi firm promoter after his deportation from Saudi Arabia

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested Sudeer Muhammed Cheriya Vannarakkal who allegedly siphoned off about Rs 10 crore of public money through a ponzi scheme after he was deported from Saudi Arabia following an Interpol Red Notice, officials said on Sunday.

    Cheriya and his partners had floated a ponzi company in 2009-11, called Forex Trade, in Kasargod in Kerala and lured gullible investors with a promise of exorbitant rates of interests on 61-day deposits and an assurance of 2-per cent commission per month to agents, they said.

    With the help of the scheme, he collected over Rs 9.98 crore of investments from people but did not pay the promised returns and principal.

    The CBI took over the investigation into the case on the directives of the Kerala High Court and registered five cases against him, his accomplices and the company which were earlier probed by Kerala Police, they said.

    “He was involved in five cases registered by CBI in Chennai.

    CBI had got issued a Red Notice through Interpol against the accused.

    The accused was located in Saudi Arabia and with the close assistance & coordination with the authorities in Saudi Arabia through Interpol channels, he was deported back to India,” CBI spokesperson R C Joshi said.

    He said the accused was produced before a special court in Ernakulam which sent him to judicial custody till April 8.

    “After investigation, a charge sheet was filed in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam.

    The accused were declared as Proclaimed Offenders by the court,” Joshi said.

    He said the fifth case was registered on the allegations that the accused induced the a complainant to arrange approximately Rs 50 lakh as deposit and promised to give monthly returns arising out of his business to the depositors.

    “The complainant allegedly invested Rs 19 Lakh in 2011 in the said Company and the accused did not pay returns as well as the principal amount to the complainant. A charge sheet was filed in the special court, Ernakulam in this case as well,” Joshi said.