Congress MP from Saharanpur Imran Masood has raised questions on the action of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and CBI against the leaders. Congress MP Imran Masood has taken a dig at ED, CBI officials. He said, “Democracy is being murdered inside the country, they will leave the country after destroying it.”

He further said, “No one has ever seen opposition leaders being surrounded and killed. Dismantling ED, CBI will be written in history. The names of the people sitting in these institutions will be written in black letters. Don’t do so much slavery.” During this time, Imran Masood has also fiercely targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party government.

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What did Imran Masood say about breaking the party?

Congress MP Imran Masood reacted when BJP sought evidence on allegations of breaking the party. He said, “What is the proof? What is the proof? They are doing this by standing up a proxy.” Regarding PM’s foreign trips, he said, “What did you bring from abroad? Did you bring anything for the country? Foreign policy was ruined. China came into the Teesta project, China reached till chicken neck.” He further said, “How many failures should I count now? It is not in their power, only Congress can run the government.”

Imran Masood made a scathing attack on BJP

MP Imran Masood made a scathing attack on BJP and said, “Criticizing the policies of the Central and BJP governments, he said that education is the biggest priority of the country.” He has also accused BJP of misusing government institutions.

While reacting to the demonstration by party workers against former minister Narottam Mishra not getting BJP ticket in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia by-election, Imran Masood said, ‘As you do, so do you.’ He alleged that if the membership of an MLA is forcibly cancelled, then political consequences also have to be faced.

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Enforcement Directorate Action: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recently released its FEO (Fugitive Economic Offender) list, the names of 21 people including Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya are included in this list. Taking major action against these people, ED has declared them fugitives. Not only this, the agency has also seized assets worth Rs 2178 crore of these accused.

It is written in the ED report…
The annual report of the Central Agency has been released on Friday. According to which, till now action has been initiated against 54 people under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA). Of these, 21 people have been declared fugitive economic offenders. Along with this, their assets worth about Rs 2178.34 crore have also been confiscated. The report also states that out of these 21, 9 people were declared fugitive economic offenders only during 2025-26.

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According to the report, the work of ED under FEOA has been quite effective in the last two financial years 2024-25 and 2025-26. During this period, a large amount of property has been seized and the number of accused declared absconding has also increased. The report also said that this makes it clear that the ED is committed to taking swift action against those who flee the country to avoid legal action.

Who else’s name is in the list?
According to this report of the Enforcement Directorate, in the last seven years the agency has declared 21 people as fugitive economic offenders. Apart from businessmen Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya, these include UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari and Hazra Iqbal Memon (wife of Dawood Ibrahim’s associate Iqbal Mirchi). However, it has also been said in this report that the case of declaring diamond businessman Mehul Choksi, Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and Mahadev App associated Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal as fugitive economic offenders is still pending in the court.

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What is FEO?
Let us tell you that FEO i.e. Fugitive Economic Offender is one against whom any court of India has issued an arrest warrant for committing a scam of at least Rs 100 crore or more and that person flees the country to avoid punishment and refuses to return to India.

Ahead of the assembly elections, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is in full swing in Bengal and has been taking intensive action since April 1 in at least 19 cases of money laundering involving ministers, senior police officers and alleged key political middlemen.

Rishi Raj, one of the directors of I-PAC summoned
On Monday, the agency summoned Rishi Raj, one of the directors of I-PAC, a political consultancy firm linked to TMC. Besides, former Principal Secretary of the State Education Department and senior IAS officer Manish Jain was also called for questioning in connection with the SSC recruitment scam. Another director of I-PAC, Prateek Jain, has been summoned several times in the past, which has accelerated the investigation into this high-profile political consultancy firm. Vinesh Chandel, the second director of I-PAC, is currently in ED custody.

DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas missing
Intensive investigation of I-PAC led to speculations that this firm, which was important for TMC’s election campaign, had closed down its operations. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee denied this. TMC said that these baseless speculations have been made to create confusion. On Sunday, the ED conducted searches at the residence of Kolkata Police Special Branch DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas, who is being investigated in the case of alleged fake NRI quota admissions in private medical colleges in West Bengal. DCP Shantanu of Kolkata Police is reported missing after ED summons. He has not been able to be contacted since the raid in Kolkata.

TMC MP Nusrat summoned wherever
The questioning of IAS officer Manish Jain comes soon after the raids on the premises of former minister and Banerjee’s close aide Partha Chatterjee. Biswas, along with former Jhargram collector Sunil Aggarwal, is already under investigation in sand mining, money laundering cases and a coal mining scam. His close aide Jai S Kamdar was arrested on Sunday after the ED accused him of having links with gangster Sona Pappu and involvement in cross-border and domestic hawala transactions.

ED summons former TMC MP Nusrat Jahan in ration scam. Actress and former TMC MP Nusrat Jahan reached the ED office in Kolkata today in connection with the investigation into the ration smuggling and money laundering case.

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Before the assembly elections in West Bengal, ED has taken major actions one after the other and tightened the noose on corruption, money laundering, illegal recovery, land grabbing, recruitment scams and international hawala network. In the last few days, many major actions like raids, property attachment, issuing summons and filing of charge sheets have come to light in different cases of the state. In these actions, names of political leaders, officials, businessmen and people associated with the alleged crime syndicate have come to light.

First of all let’s talk about the IPAC case. On April 2, 2026, ED simultaneously raided 11 locations in many cities of the country, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Vijayawada and Ranchi. These raids were conducted at the offices of IPAC, the homes of its directors and the offices of its associated companies. During the investigation, ED has found such documents and digital evidence which point towards money laundering and not only domestic but also international Hawala network. The investigating agency is now trying to find out whether illegal funding was being done in the name of election activities. During the raid in this case, the state CM Mamata Banerjee herself forcibly took away the documents. The Supreme Court had reprimanded her for this.

ED’s raid intensified in Partha Chatterjee case

Former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee is once again on the target of ED. On April 11, 2026, a raid was conducted at his residence and office of his associate Prasanna Kumar Roy in Kolkata. According to ED, he was summoned thrice in the SSC recruitment scam but he did not appear for questioning even once. It is noteworthy that in 2022, ED had arrested him in the primary teacher recruitment scam and in 2025, he got conditional bail from the Supreme Court. Now ED is investigating several cases against him related to Primary Teacher, SSC Assistant Teacher and Group CD recruitment.

‘Sona Pappu’ case cash, gold and weapons recovered

ED conducted raids at 8 places on April 1 against Bishwajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, associated with the notorious syndicate in Kolkata. During this period, about Rs 1.47 crore in cash, gold and silver jewelery worth Rs 67 lakh, a Fortuner car and many important documents were recovered. The most shocking thing was that a revolver with Made in USA written on it was also found from his house, which was later handed over to the West Bengal Police. Investigation revealed that this entire network was making huge amounts of black money through extortion, land grabbing and illegal construction. At present Sona Pappu is absconding and is not joining the investigation despite ED summons. In this case, summons has also been issued to businessman Jai Kamdar, who is said to be linked to police officer Santanu Sinha Biswas. According to ED, big TMC leaders will also be interrogated in this case.

Amit Ganguly case: Big racket to grab land with fake documents

On March 28, 2026, ED raided 7 locations in Kolkata, which included the locations of Amit Ganguly and his associates, accused of land grab and fraud. Investigation revealed that the accused used to take possession of expensive lands by making fake agreements, power of attorney and fake documents. After this, real estate projects were built on the same lands and sold to the common people. Money laundering was also done using bank accounts in this entire game. ED has frozen many bank accounts and more than 20 FIRs are already registered.

PDS ration scam: Food grains of the poor were sold in the market

On April 10, 2026, ED raided 17 locations, which included Niranjan Chandra Saha and people associated with his network. It is alleged that instead of reaching the poor, the wheat of government ration i.e. PDS was being sold illegally in the market and exported. Investigation revealed that the accused used to erase the identity of wheat by changing FCI sacks and sold it as personal goods. During this period, about Rs 31.9 lakh in cash and many digital evidence were seized.

Merlin Group Case: Big scam in real estate, investigation into political connections

On April 8, 2026, ED raided 7 locations linked to Merlin Projects Limited. Company promoters Sushil Mohta and Saket Mohta are accused of setting up big projects by grabbing land through fake documents. ED has also found indications in the investigation that this group may have links with big leaders and government officials of the state. At present the investigation of these financial transactions is going on.

NRI quota medical admission scam: ED tightens grip on police officer

ED has issued summons to Kolkata Police officer Shantanu Sinha Biswas. The matter is related to fake admission under NRI quota in medical colleges. According to ED, suspicious transactions worth about Rs 85 crore have come to light. Investigation found that students were admitted under NRI quota through fake documents. Santanu Sinha Biswas has challenged the ED summons in the court, but till now there has been no stop on the ED action.

Coal scam: Extortion of Rs 650 crore, ED filed charge sheet

On April 9, 2026, ED took major action in the case of illegal coal mining and recovery and filed a charge sheet in the special court. Many accused including Chinmoy Mondal and Kiran Khan are involved in this case. Investigation revealed that the coal mafia used to collect goonda tax from transporters and buyers, which was 20-25% of the price of coal. In the last five years, black money worth Rs 650 crore was collected through extortion alone.

South Point School Fund Scam: Assets worth Rs 18.5 crore attached

ED has attached assets worth Rs 18.5 crore belonging to Krishna Damani and his family. It is alleged that the funds of South Point Education Society were recovered through fake bills, fake employees and wrong payments. This money was later laundered by investing in mutual funds, shares and companies.

Custom officer scam: Smuggling of Rs 194 crore exposed

ED has attached assets worth Rs 48 lakh of suspended customs officer Navneet Kumar. Investigation revealed that goods worth Rs 194 crore were wrongly cleared in 2017. It is alleged that the accused deliberately ordered a limited investigation to protect himself from the investigation and misused the manual clearance. This continuous action of ED in West Bengal clearly indicates that a big campaign is going on against corruption, money laundering and organized crime before the elections. Be it coal scam, recruitment scam, land grabbing or hawala network, the investigating agency seems to be active at every level. The possibility of more big revelations and arrests in the coming days cannot be ruled out.

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Anil Ambani: Today, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action against industrialist Anil Ambani. Under this, raids have been conducted on locations associated with their companies. This is reportedly a part of the ongoing investigation into financial irregularities and money laundering cases against him.

According to officials, about 15 different ED teams raided 10 to 12 places this morning. Most of these locations were in Mumbai. Sources said that this raid is being conducted against Reliance Power and other companies and people associated with them.

Earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a case of banking fraud of more than Rs 2200 crore against Reliance Communications. Today, amidst this action of ED, there was a rise in the shares of Reliance Power and Reliance Infra. On one hand, shares of Reliance Power have jumped 2 percent to Rs 23. At the same time, shares of Reliance Infra were seen trading at Rs 94.20 with a rise of more than 4 percent.

10 hours of interrogation took place last week

Just last week, ED had interrogated Ambani for more than 10 hours in the banking fraud case of Rs 40,000 crore related to loans taken from State Bank of India and other lenders. However, officials also say that he did not appear for questioning in a separate money-laundering investigation related to the loan he received from Yes Bank.

During the investigation, ED has also provisionally attached property related to Ambani, which also includes a residential property worth about Rs 3761 crore. Officials said that the total value of properties attached in this case has reached approximately Rs 15,000 crore.

allegations against Anil Ambani

Anil Ambani is accused of diverting funds taken from banks through his companies. In simple language, his companies like Reliance Communication and Reliance Power allegedly took loans worth thousands of rupees from banks for business related works like installation of new machines, towers. But instead of using this money for real work, there is an allegation of diverting this money from one account to another and giving it to shell companies in the name of loan or payment.

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The troubles of Anil Ambani, one of the biggest industrialists of the country, seem to be increasing. Taking major action in the money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached his luxurious house ‘Abode’ in Mumbai. According to officials, the estimated value of this property is Rs 3716.83 crore.

Big action by ED
This action has been taken under the anti-money laundering law. According to news agency PTI, ED has issued a temporary attachment order in this regard. According to agency sources, this order was issued recently. This case is related to the alleged bank fraud case related to Anil Ambani’s company Reliance Communication (RCom). ED is investigating this case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Abode is situated in Pali Hill
This luxurious building named ‘Abode’ is located in Pali Hill area of ​​Mumbai. This is a 66 meter high and 17 storey building, which is counted among the expensive private properties of the country. According to ED, the total attachment action taken so far against Anil Ambani and his group companies has been more than Rs 15,000 crore.

Investigation intensified after Supreme Court’s instructions
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had directed the ED to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe allegations of large-scale bank fraud against Reliance Communications, its parent companies and Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani.

Anil Ambani will not leave the country
According to media reports, the Supreme Court also mentioned the assurance of Ambani’s lawyer Mukul Rohatgi, in which he had said that his client will not leave the country and no obstruction will be allowed in the investigation.

Ambani will appear before ED again
66-year-old Anil Ambani is likely to be interrogated for the second time by the Central Investigation Agency. Earlier, he had appeared before the ED in August 2025, where his statement was recorded under PMLA. The Supreme Court has also entrusted the responsibility to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to find out whether any bank official was complicit in the alleged fraud.

Displeasure over the slowness of investigating agencies
The Supreme Court also commented that the pace of investigation by both the agencies has been slow. The court has now expressed hope for a fair investigation and has directed CBI and ED to inform the court from time to time about the progress of the investigation.

Focus on loan worth Rs 40,000 crore

ED had started investigation in this case after the CBI FIR last year. In the FIR, allegations of fraud, conspiracy and corruption were made against Anil Ambani, RCom and others. The focus of the investigation is RCom and its associate companies, which had taken loans of more than Rs 40,000 crore from Indian and foreign banks between 2010 and 2012. Five of these accounts were later declared fraudulent by the lending banks.

Money Laundering Case: Tina Ambani, wife of Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani and former actress, did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday. He was issued summons for the second time in a case related to money laundering. The first summons was sent on February 10, but after it remained absent, the agency issued a fresh notice.

ED summons ignored for the second time

According to news agency PTI, at present it is not clear whether he has given any reason to the investigating officer for not appearing or not. According to officials, ED may give him a new date for questioning. PTI has quoted sources as saying that Tina Ambani is to be questioned regarding money transactions related to the purchase of a luxury residential property located in Manhattan, New York.

This case is related to an asset sale allegedly held in 2023 during the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) of Reliance Communications (RCom). The agency had earlier alleged that the property was sold “fraudulently”. It is said that RCom had informed the stock market about this alleged sale in 2025.

What is the whole matter?

According to ED, when Tina Ambani will be present to record her statement, her statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). At the same time, Anil Ambani has been asked to appear for the second time on Wednesday in connection with the investigation into various companies of ‘Reliance Group’ and the bank loan cases related to them. He had earlier appeared before the ED in August 2025. This matter is currently under investigation and the agency will take further legal action.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday (February 16) has taken major action against News Click and its Chief Editor Prabir Purkayastha. Under Foreign Exchange Management (FEMA), ED has issued him a notice of fine of Rs 184 crore. This action has been taken against him for violation of foreign exchange rules. ED officials gave this information.

According to PTI, it has been made clear in the order that a fine of Rs 120 crore has been imposed on ‘PPK Newsclick Studio Private Limited’, the company owned by news portal ‘Newsclick’, while a fine of Rs 64 crore has been imposed on Chief Editor Purkayastha for the alleged violation. This action has been taken for violating the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). Which includes giving wrong details of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) funds and wrong declaration of services and exports. No response has been received from ‘NewsClick’ yet on this big action of ED.

The Enforcement Directorate had taken action on the matter for the first time in September 2021, when it raided the office of Newsclick located in Saidulzab area of ​​New Delhi on charges of money laundering. In the case, the investigating agency has recorded the statements of more than 25 people including Rakayastha, the chief editor of the news portal ‘Newsclick’. The news portal and its founder are being investigated by several agencies including CBI, ED on allegations ranging from alleged anti-national activities to money laundering and violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).

In the year 2023, BJP had accused Newsclick and its associated promoters of corruption, citing a news of the American newspaper ‘New York Times’. The article said that the portal is part of a global network that receives funding from American billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who allegedly works closely with the Chinese government’s media apparatus. Newsclick website was established in the year 2009. Whose website states that it is an independent media organization, dedicated to covering news focusing on progressive movements from India and elsewhere.

After BJP leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and his son Raninder Singh were summoned by ED in the FEMA case, ED’s senior most officer Additional Director Ravi Tiwari has been transferred from Jalandhar. According to the information, Tiwari has been transferred to Chennai. In his place, Dinesh Pachauri has got the responsibility of Additional Director in Jalandhar ED office. Tiwari was an IRS officer of 2009 batch. He joined Jalandhar in the year 2023.

Amarinder Singh is admitted for knee surgery

The ED had summoned Captain Amarinder Singh’s son Raninder Singh on Thursday in the case of alleged FEMA violations, while the former Chief Minister was called to the Jalandhar office on Friday. However, both of them did not appear before the ED. The transfer of a senior officer of ED Jalandhar office is being linked to this summons. Captain Amarinder Singh is admitted to a private hospital in Mohali for knee surgery.

Raninder was first summoned in July 2016.

Raninder was first summoned in July 2016. He was questioned regarding the alleged movement of funds in Switzerland and the formation of Jacaranda Trust. Earlier, he had appeared before the ED again in November 2020. This investigation against him was allegedly done by the Income Tax Department. In this, some properties purchased by him were not disclosed.

What did Raninder Singh say on ED summons?

Regarding this summons, Raninder had said through a post on X that being a law abiding citizen, we will fully cooperate with every investigating agency. We have full faith in the law. We are confident that truth and justice will prevail.

Tina and Anil Ambani ED Summon: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh summons to Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani in the money laundering case related to SBI Bank fraud. The investigating agency has called Tina Ambani for questioning on 17th February and her husband Anil Ambani on the next day i.e. 18th February. Earlier, ED had called Tina Ambani for questioning on Monday, February 9, but she did not join the investigation.

Since August last year, ED registered three separate cases of money laundering against the companies of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and also attached their assets worth Rs 12000 crore. In its argument given in the Supreme Court last week, ED informed about searches at 46 places related to ADAG, freezing of 13 bank accounts and attachment of 204 properties worth Rs 12012.45 crore.

SIT formed for investigation

On the orders of the Supreme Court, the agency has also formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to oversee three money laundering cases registered against Anil Ambani Group companies. It will be headed by a team of six officers headed by an Additional Director rank officer. Earlier on January 29, the investigating agency had arrested Puneet Garg, former director of Reliance Communications (RCOM) in connection with the money laundering investigation related to the Rs 40,000 crore bank fraud case.

Last week, the Supreme Court ordered both the investigating agencies to investigate the case independently, quickly and impartially. He also said that the status report will be filed within four weeks. During the hearing, senior lawyer and former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who is fighting the case on behalf of Anil Ambani, assured the Supreme Court that his client will not leave the country until the investigation is completed. During this time, the Supreme Court also examined the CBI report submitted in a sealed envelope.

ED has been investigating the case since last year

ED is investigating Anil Ambani and his ADAG Group companies in the case of banking and corporate fraud worth Rs 40,000 crore since last year. In this connection, so far three Enforcement Case Information Reports (ECIR) have been filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). However, in December, Reliance Anil Ambani Group in a statement denied all the allegations against it.

After ED’s provisional attachment of Rs 10,000 crore, Reliance Infrastructure said, “Anil Ambani has not been on the board of directors of Reliance Infrastructure Limited for more than three and a half years. Reliance Infrastructure Limited is one of the largest infrastructure companies, developing projects through different Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) in various high-growth sectors like power, roads, metro rail and defence.

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