The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made another arrest in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam. ED’s Raipur zonal team has arrested IAS officer Niranjan Das on Friday (December 19, 2025). After this, he was presented in the PMLA special court of the capital Raipur, where the court approved ED custody for three days.

ED had started this investigation on the basis of FIR registered by ACB/EOW Raipur. Investigation by police and investigative agencies revealed that the Chhattisgarh liquor scam caused huge loss to the state government. According to the investigation, this scam generated illegal earnings of more than Rs 2,500 crore, which was distributed to different people.

What was revealed in the agency’s investigation?

ED investigation also revealed that Niranjan Das received illegal money of about Rs 18 crore. Digital evidence, seized documents and written statements have made it clear that he was an active part of the liquor syndicate. The investigating agency says that their role in carrying out the scam was not limited to mere information, rather they were directly misusing the system.

A big revelation in the investigation was that Niranjan Das was deliberately given the additional charge of Excise Commissioner and Secretary of the Excise Department, so that the liquor scam could be run easily. The allegation is that he ignored his legal responsibilities and allowed open plunder of government revenue.

In return he used to get an amount of Rs 50 lakh every month. According to the ED, he used to instruct field officers to increase the sale of raw and unaccounted illicit liquor in their respective areas.

Role of IAS officer in illegal earning and money laundering

ED says that the role of Niranjan Das was not limited only to the original crime, but he also played an important role in laundering illegal earnings. It was because of him that such huge plunder of the state’s resources became possible.

Many accused arrested in the case

Niranjan Das is not the only accused in this case. ED has earlier arrested Anil Tuteja (former IAS), Arvind Singh, Trilok Singh Dhillon, Anwar Dhebar, Arun Pati Tripathi (ITS), Kawasi Lakhma (then Excise Minister and MLA), Chaitanya Baghel (son of former Chief Minister) and Soumya Chaurasia. ED has made it clear that the investigation is still going on and more big names related to this scam may come to light in the coming days.

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On December 16, 2025, Rouse Avenue Court has refused to hear the charge sheet filed by ED in the money laundering case related to National Herald. This decision has brought great relief to Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The court has said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) can continue the investigation if it wants.

Names of many big personalities included in the charge sheet

ED had named Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, Sunil Bhandari, Young Indian and Dotex Merchandise Private Limited in its charge sheet. On ED’s investigation, Congress’s argument was that this is an act of political vendetta, whereas ED claims that this is a serious economic crime in which evidence of fraud and money laundering has been found.

ED accuses Sonia-Rahul of big scam

ED alleges that Congress leaders, as part of a conspiracy, acquired Associated Journals Ltd. To take over the assets of (AJL) worth Rs 2,000 crore, it was acquired through private company ‘Young Indian’ for only Rs 50 lakh. Sonia and Rahul hold 76% shares of this company.

In this case, the ‘income earned from crime’ was considered to be Rs 988 crore. Also, the market value of the associated properties has been said to be Rs 5,000 crore.

Action taken to seize property before chargesheet

During the investigation on April 12, 2025, action was taken to seize the attached properties. ED had pasted notices on AJL’s building at Herald House (5A, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg) in Delhi, Bandra (East) in Mumbai and Visheshwar Nath Road in Lucknow.

Apart from these immovable properties worth Rs 661 crore, shares of AJL worth Rs 90.2 crore were attached by the ED in November 2023 to safeguard the proceeds of crime and prevent the accused from disposing of it.

What is National Herald case?

The National Herald case in which the charge sheet has been filed against Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi is related to the National Herald newspaper. It was started in 1938 by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru along with 5 thousand freedom fighters. This newspaper was published by AJL. This newspaper was closed in 2008. Then news of controversy and scam on its acquisition started emerging.

Taking major action in the money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has temporarily seized assets worth Rs 11.14 crore of former Team India cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan. This action has been taken as part of a money laundering investigation related to the illegal online betting platform 1xBet.

According to ED, mutual fund investments worth Rs 6.64 crore in the name of Suresh Raina, while a property worth Rs 4.5 crore in the name of Shikhar Dhawan has been seized.

What was revealed in the investigation in ED,

ED investigation revealed that 1xBet and its other brands like 1xBat and Sporting Lines were running online betting and gambling business in India without any permission. Investigation found that Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan had made endorsement deals with foreign companies and advertised through videos and social media posts for the promotion of 1xBet.

Payments for these advertisements were not sent directly to India but were routed through foreign routes. So that the real source can be hidden. According to ED, this money was earned from illegal betting. To make it look white, a deal was made with the cricketers.

ED investigation further revealed that 1xBet used thousands of fake accounts or accounts created in the names of others for betting in India. So far, more than 6000 such accounts have been identified. Betting money was deposited in these accounts. Which were further transferred several times through various payment gateways so that the money could not be tracked. ED raided four payment gateways in the country and till now more than 60 bank accounts have been frozen. An amount of about Rs 4 crore has been blocked in these accounts.

Central agency appealed to the people

ED has appealed to the people to stay away from any online betting or gambling app. He has warned that those who promote such platforms or give their bank details to someone else for use, then action can be taken against them under PMLA law. In which there is a provision of imprisonment up to 7 years and confiscation of property.

ED has advised the public not to give their bank account or UPI ID to anyone else for use. Do not click on any betting, high return or passive income link on social media. Stay away from mobile apps or Telegram/Whatsapp channels that promote gambling or betting. If someone has misused your account, immediately inform the bank and police. The investigation into this matter is still going on.

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Ed Raids Against Reliance Infra: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action on Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra), a company of Anil Ambani Group. On Tuesday, ED raided six places from Mumbai to Indore. This action is part of the ongoing investigation under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), in which the company has been accused of illegal funds abroad.

What is the case?

1. The ED is already investigating loans of more than Rs 17,000 crore in Reliance Infra and other companies of the group under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
2. A SEBI report alleged that R-Infra used money as an inter-corporate deposit (ICD) in other companies of Reliance Group through a company called Cle.
3. It is alleged that the company did not reveal CLE as a “concerned party” so that the approval of shareholders and audit panels could be avoided.

Company rescue

The Reliance Group has dismissed these allegations. The company says that:

• The case of about Rs 10,000 crore is about 10 years old.
• The actual risk of the company was only Rs 6,500 crore, which it had already made public in its financial statements.
• The matter was disclosed by the company on 9 February 2025.
• R-Infra claims that it has reached the agreement through compulsory arbitration proceedings and petition filed in Bombay High Court to recover this entire risk.

Anil Ambani’s status

The company has made it clear that Anil Ambani has not been included in the R-infra board since March 2022 and has no direct role for more than three years. Overall, this action of ED has increased the pressure on Reliance Infra. In the coming time, the investigation can deepen the difficulties of the company and Anil Ambani group.

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Bank loan fraud case: Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani’s troubles are constantly increasing. In the bank fraud case of Rs 2,929 crore against Anil Ambani, Reliance Communications and others, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a new case in the money laundering case.

Anil Ambani trapped badly!

Officials say that this action taken by the ED is based on the CBI report filed last month. Significantly, the Central Investigation Agency (CBI) blamed Anil Ambani and Reliance Communications for the damage done to State Bank of India. In this case, the CBI also raided the locations of the chairman of Reliance Group.

It is worth noting that earlier the CBI had registered a bank fraud case of Rs 2,929 crore against Anil Ambani’s company Reliance Communications (RCom). After this, Anil Ambani issued a statement and rejected this charge completely. A spokesman for the company had said that he had been deliberately targeted. It was also claimed that the complaint lodged by SBI is related to the case of about ten years old.

What is the whole matter?

The statement issued by the company said that the time when this is the case, Anil Ambani was a non-executive director of RCom and did not have a direct connection with the functioning of the daily company. However, after the CBI action on the entire case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started investigation on the basis of suspicion of money laundering.

Another important aspect in this case is that on Tuesday, the ED also questioned Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, who was close to Anil Ambani. Even before this, Jhunjhunwala’s name has been revealed during the investigation.

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Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina reached the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office at around 11 am on Wednesday, where he was interrogated for about 9 hours. He came out of the ED headquarters at around 7 pm in the evening, where he did not talk to anyone and left for his house. Wearing light brown colored shirts, putting black glasses, wearing tops in the ears, he looked quite upset when he reached the ED office.

Suresh Raina, 38, reached the ED office at 11 am on Wednesday, was seen talking to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and ED personnel outside the office before recording his statement.

Raina was to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in the money laundering case related to the alleged illegal betting app. Sources had said that the federal investigative agency would record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with an investigation related to an “illegal” betting app (1 Xbate).

What did Suresh Raina tell ED

Former Indian cricketer Raina stayed in the ED office for about 9 hours, meaning he would have a long conversation. Now the question is what Suresh Raina said in his statement? Did Raina not know about this app, did he not know about its illegal being. What was the contract with Raina to become a brand ambassador. How many rupees did they get for this contact? If you get, then from which account did money transfer to which account? These are some questions that ED must have asked Raina. However, what the cricketer told in his reply is yet to come.

Suresh Raina caught in trouble due to which app?

Suresh Raina is in trouble due to an online betting app named 1xbet, which is banned in India. Apart from this, there are many apps which are banned in India, but despite this, online betting of cricket matches is imposed worldwide. According to reports, Raina is accused of promoting the betting app, in December 2024, Raina was made his brand ambassador by the app.

There are about 22 crore users of online betting apps in India

For many time, ED has been strictly taking action against the apps promoting betting. Many big celebrities have promoted these apps, after which the ED is constantly investigating. These apps are accused of cheating crores of rupees from people and investors. According to the report, there are about 22 crore users of these betting apps in India.

Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gawai Hearing a case on Thursday (August 7, 2025), he said that he YouTube Do not see nor interviews or press reports Decide a case on the basis of. He reads only newspapers daily. He made this comment when it was argued in the court that when a big leader conducts raids here, Narrator is fabricated through interviews on YouTube channels.

CJI B R Gawai, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Dinner Chandran For the bench Bhushan Power and Steel Limited JSW Steel was hearing a review petition related to the Samadhan Yojana. This petition has been filed against the old order of the Supreme Court, in which the Samadhan Yojana was rejected.

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CJI Gawai Tushar in response to the question of Mehta Said that this is a different issue. However, he citing large scale recovery Ed Defeated He said that these successes of the agency are not known because of the media.

SG Tushar Mehta Said that even in punishable offenses Blame The rate of this is very low and he cited the flaws in the criminal justice system of the country as the main reason for this. Present during hearing Senior Law Officer Said, “There are some cases in which the leaders raided here, due to huge amount of cash, our (note count) machines stopped working … We had to bring a new machine.” He said that when some big leaders are caught YouTube Interviews Something through Nectaries Set Are done

CJI B R Gawai On this said, ‘We Nectaries Do not decide matters on the basis of … I News The channel does not watch. I see only 10-15 minutes of newspapers headlines in the morning. Law Officer Said that he knows that the judge Social Being fabricated outside media and courts Nectaries Do not make matters on the basis of.

Many benches of Supreme Court, especially opposition leaders, Money laundering In cases of Enforcement She has been criticizing the alleged arbitrariness of the directorate. CJI B R Gawai of Lead The bench said in another case on 21 July that Enforcement The directorate is crossing all limits.

Ed Summons to Google-Meta: The difficulties of Google and Meta, the famous tech sector company, are going to increase. The Enforcement Directorate has sent a notice to Google and Meta in the case of money laundering related to the betting application. The Economic Times has quoted its sources as saying that the ED has asked the representatives of both companies to appear at the headquarters in Delhi on 21 July.

It is alleged that Google and Meta platforms are promoting the betting app through science and users are increasing their reach. Now the investigating agency is trying to investigate the possible violations of the Prevention of Money Laundering X (PMLA), how the work of promoting illegal apps was being done by digital platforms.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) took a major action in a serious matter of money laundering and attached a real estate in UK (England) on Wednesday (July 16, 2025). The property was found in the name of businessman Vinod Tanna and his wife. Investigation has revealed that this land and building Jayesh Tanna bought in the year 2017 when the crime of cheating was going on. Illegal amount of 2.07 lakh British pounds was sent to UK for property purchases. The amount was cheated by deception from real investors and flat buyers who were investing in the redevelopment projects of Sai Group.

ED started this investigation in the year 2024. Its foundation was laid on several FIRS recorded by Mumbai Police, in which serious allegations were made against Jayesh Tanna, Deep Tanna (promoter of Sai Group) and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. Most of these cases have been filed by the police.

What happened in the investigation so far

In the investigation so far, it has been clear that the promoters of Sai Group have given their darkness, D.N. Divarted huge amount of buyers and investors in the redevelopment projects of Nagar, Kandivali and Goregaon for personal benefit. He raised crores of rupees in the name of booking houses and shops, but did not complete the projects. This not only caused damage to the new buyers, but the old tenants, who were members of the original society, also had to suffer heavy financial and mental anguish.

Loss of 85.75 crores, Property worth 35.65 crores seized

According to the ED, this fraud has lost a total of 85.75 crores to investors, flat buyers and society members. The investigating agency has so far seized a total of 35.65 crore properties in this case, in which the real estate in UK has also been included.

This action of the Enforcement Directorate is considered a big message against illegal properties invested abroad in cases of money laundering. The agency says that a thorough investigation of the case is going on and attachment of more properties is possible in the coming time.

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Yuvraj singh, harbhajan singh: Former Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina are seen getting into trouble. His name has come in promoting illegal online betting apps. Apart from Yuvraj, Harbhajan and Raina, Bollywood actors Sonu Sood and Urvashi Rautela have also come in this case. The ED is questioning everyone in this case. This investigation is associated with the promotion of restricted platforms like 1xbet.

The ED believes that this platform is implicating people in advertising and wrong ways. The ED says that platforms like 1 Xbate are cheating a large number of people in association with celebrities.

What did ED find in this investigation?

According to reports, ED investigation has revealed that they promote using names like platform 1 ex -Bet. Such platforms work to send users to the real illegal betting site through web links and QR code. According to the ED, it is a direct violation of Indian laws. The ED says that such platforms call themselves skill-based games. However, they use a rigged algorithm. For this reason, they come under the purview of gambling.

Investigations have been done on online betting apps earlier also

This is not the first time that apps that bet online have been examined. Famous Mahadev online speculative scam of 2023-24, in which many politicians were named. The name of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhushan Baghel was also involved in this, he was accused of taking advantage of this scam. Baghel described the allegations as politically motivated. Promoters of Mahadev. Those who are currently facing extradition from Dubai, they created several fairplay apps to continue the operation. According to the ED, illegal benefits from Mahadev case are estimated to be more than ₹ 6,000 crore.

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