Delhi cop quizzed in assets probe

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Anti corruption sleuths Tuesday searched the office and residence of a Delhi Police inspector following allegations that he had amassed assets of over Rs.200 million -- well beyond his known income. Raids were conducted against Inspector Roshan Lal, also station house officer of the Kalyanpuri police station in east Delhi.

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September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A probe has been ordered into the death of four labourers while they were cleaning a sewer at a treatment plant in northwest Delhi, officials said Friday. The incident took place last (Thursday) evening when four labourers got into a sewer at the Combined Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) at Lawrence road.

September 16th, 2009 RANCHI - The vigilance department of Jharkhand will seek help from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the assets of a former chief minister as well as other ex-ministers. The vigilance department has submitted a detailed status report of progress made in investigating the assets of former ministers to the Jharkhand High Court.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has formed a special team to probe the death of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash on September 2. CBI Superintendent of Police (Vizag) G Nageshwar Rao will head the team that will probe the mysterious circumstances under which the helicopter crashed in the dense forests of the Nallamala forest range in Kurnool district killing all five occupants.

August 20th, 2009 RANCHI - Two former Jharkhand ministers, who are under judicial custody and facing charges of corruption, will be interrogated soon, vigilance department sources said Thursday. Harinarayan Rai, an independent legislator, and Enos Ekka of the Jharkhand Party surrendered in the vigilance court of Vinay Kant Khan Aug 17 and were sent to judicial custody.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A four-member committee will probe the collapse of an underconstruction Delhi Metro span that led to the death of five people in south Delhi Sunday. "The four-member committee will inquire into the accident and will submit its report within 10 days," Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief E.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Terming the incident "shameful", Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday directed the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) to probe the allegations of rape levelled by a woman against five policemen. "If such an incident has happened, then it is very, very shameful.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Doordarshan engineer is facing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into his assets that are worth millions of rupees and are well beyond his known sources of income, the agency said Friday. CBI spokesman Harsh Bhal said searches have been conducted at various places in Delhi, Noida and Mumbai belonging to A.K.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Teams deputed by the Medical Council of India are heading towards Chennai to probe allegations of huge capitation fees demanded by Tamil Nadu-based medical colleges, including one said to be run by a Union minister. The decision to send the probe teams was made after the MCI met in the capital on Tuesday.

June 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Conman Ashok Jadeja, arrested for allegedly cheating thousands of his gullible followers while posing as godman, faces more trouble as income tax officials are keen to probe not only his assets but also those of his victims. Jadeja claimed he had divine powers and offered to triple money in a matter of days, attracting people from Gujarat and other states who gave him large amounts of cash and jewellery, police say.

April 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has every right to have billionaires in its fold, like the other political parties, said a party functionary Friday defending the Rs.604 crore (Rs.6.04 billion) assets declared by a BSP candidate for a Delhi Lok Sabha seat. 'Do you mean to say that only the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) have the right to have billionaires in their party? The BSP is fighting for the cause of the downtrodden, but it doesn't mean that it is a party of poverty-ridden people,' said a senior party functionary in Lucknow, declining to be named.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday urged Pakistan to show 'visible results' regarding its probe into the terrorist attack in Mumbai if it wants to resume the composite dialogue with India. 'Pakistan should show visible results on the 26/11 probe,' Manmohan Singh said at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, on the sidelines of the civil investiture ceremony.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mohammed Mansoor Peerbhoy, a computer engineer and alleged key operative of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror outfit, will be brought to the national capital from Mumbai Friday to be quizzed over his alleged role in the Sep 13, 2008 Delhi blasts, a police official said. 'Peerbhoy will be brought to Delhi tomorrow (Friday) to be presented before the Tis Hazari court,' a senior Delhi Police official told IANS.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against an engineer with the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation and his family for accumulating assets, including 11 plots and two commercial buildings in Gurgaon, disproportionate to his known sources of income. The senior railway engineer who is based in Bangalore had amassed the assets in his name as well as his family members.