In a major crackdown on gangsters, working in tandem with terrorist groups and drug smugglers based in foreign countries including Pakistan and Canada, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at 76 locations across 8 states on Tuesday, an official statement said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday conducted searches under operation Kanak-II at around 50 locations in Punjab and Chandigarh at the premises of FCI officials, private Rice Millers and Grain Merchants in an ongoing investigation of a case.
The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches at over 30 locations in Punjab, including Rajpura, Patiala, Sarhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Sonam, Moga, Firozapur, Ludhiana, Sangrur, at the premises of Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials, said sources.
CBI is conducting searches in over 30 locations in at premises of FCI officials, private rice millers and grain merchants regarding the payment of a huge bribe to FCI officials.
ED raids were being conducted in Jharkhand, Bihar, Delhi and Haryana. The central agency raided to premises of Virendra Ram, Chief Engineer in the Rural Development Ministry, Jharkhand government in Ranchi.
Searches are going on in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Tamilanadu, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh.
In a major crackdown against gangster syndicate, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) launched searches at over 70 locations across several states on Tuesday.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at several locations in Kota on Saturday in connection with terror funding case related to the banned organisation Popular Front of India (PFI).
Several institutes/colleges "unlawfully" availed scholarships in the names of several ineligible candidates and "misappropriated" the same for their use, the ED said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at seven locations in Rajasthan in connection with the Popular Front of India (PFI) case.