Enforcement Directorate raids on political consultancy I-PAC spur Bengal government to file a caveat seeking hearing.
Enforcement Directorate searches at a political consultancy and its director were conducted as part of a money laundering probe that the agency says yielded seized material, while alleging that state actors entered raid sites and removed key documents and electronic devices; the state government has filed a caveat seeking a hearing before any order, and the agency has sought a transfer of investigative jurisdiction by requesting a separate probe.

Homebuyers' fraud: assets provisionally attached after alleged diversion of advance payments and non delivery of homes.
Provisional attachment proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act were initiated against a real estate developer after predicate complaints alleged diversion of advance booking funds and non delivery of promised housing units. The agency attached land parcels valued at about Rs 585 crore, citing collection of large advances across multiple projects, transfers of those receipts to group entities, dishonoured refund cheques, and alterations to project land and amenities as indicia of proceeds of alleged money laundering.

I-PAC raids: ED seeks CBI probe into alleged forcible removal of digital devices and documents by CM.
The ED alleges the Chief Minister, with state police assistance, forcibly removed digital devices, electronic storage media and key documents from ED custody during PMLA searches at an I PAC director's residence and office, obstructing and frustrating the search; it seeks CBI registration of FIRs, an independent probe into senior state actors, and immediate seizure, sealing, forensic preservation and restoration of the allegedly removed material.

Illegal sand transportation subject to ED raids probing money laundering linked to alleged royalty evasion.
The central agency is probing alleged money laundering connected to a 2022 illegal sand transportation and sale scheme in Nagpur district, where local police had registered offences for royalty evasion and unauthorised transport. Coordinated early morning searches by multiple investigative teams targeted residences and business premises of traders previously summoned in the investigation; the searches form part of continued inquiry under central anti money laundering laws, and no seizures were publicly disclosed.

Alleged obstruction during raid: calls to charge a political leader for snatching documents and obstructing investigation.
Opposition leaders allege that a Chief Minister entered premises during a money laundering search, removed physical and electronic evidence, intimidated investigators, and later led actions viewed as shielding implicated individuals; they contend these acts amount to obstruction of investigation and tampering with evidence, and call for criminal designation and accountability under penal provisions for interfering with lawful search and seizure.

Congress governments funding National Herald's operations amid money laundering probe and conflict of interest allegations.
Allegations assert that Congress ruled Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh directed public advertisement funds to the National Herald, a publication tied to senior Congress figures and reported to have zero circulation, raising questions about justification for the payments, potential misuse of public funds and a conflict of interest while the leaders remain subject to a money laundering probe.

PMAY homebuyer fraud: ED files PMLA chargesheet alleging diversion and laundering of buyers' funds by realty promoter.
ED filed a chargesheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act naming the promoter of a Gurugram realty firm and linked entities for alleged diversion of funds collected from PMAY homebuyers, layering those funds through multiple companies for property acquisitions, luxury expenditures and personal investments, and attaching immovable assets and deposits while the principal accused remains in judicial custody.

Fake government job scam: multi-state searches seized documents linked to laundering using forged letters and bank accounts.
Enforcement agency searches under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act targeted a multi state fake government job racket; investigators seized documents, bank records and digital evidence showing issuance of forged joining letters, bogus training centres, fabricated identity cards and impersonating email IDs, and use of government sounding bank accounts to pay salaries and layer proceeds. The probe arose from an FIR at Sonpur Railway police naming two persons who solicited job seekers and linked them by interrogation to a larger gang defrauding aspirants for railway and other departmental posts.

Sabarimala gold loss: federal agency files money laundering ECIR under PMLA alongside state SIT probe.
The Enforcement Directorate registered an Enforcement Case Information Report under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the Sabarimala gold loss matter, opening a money laundering probe parallel to the state Special Investigation Team's criminal inquiry. The allegations concern misappropriation of gold from gold clad copper plates on Dwarapalaka idols and door frames of the Sreekovil, amid alleged official misconduct, administrative lapses and a criminal conspiracy; the SIT, under High Court supervision, is probing two related cases and has made multiple arrests.

Mamata Banerjee accused of obstructing Enforcement Directorate raids and allegedly removing physical and electronic evidence.
The chief minister is alleged to have intervened during Enforcement Directorate raids at a private consultancy and a director's residence, forcibly removing physical documents and electronic devices; accusers characterize this conduct as obstructing a probe and snatching away files, calling for her to be made an accused under penal provisions in a money laundering inquiry linked to alleged coal smuggling.

Retired soldier duped via fake digital arrest into depositing 98 lakh rupees in an impersonation and extortion scam.
Fraudsters impersonated law enforcement and judicial officials to place a retired soldier under a 15 day digital arrest, staging fake video court proceedings and using threats to coerce him into depositing funds and property into accounts they specified, causing a loss of about Rs 98 lakh; an FIR was filed at the Cyber Crime Police Station and investigators are probing impersonation, extortion via bank transfers and deletion of digital evidence.

TMC seeks restraint on ED's use or disclosure of seized confidential political data to protect electoral integrity.
The petition contends that ED search and seizure operations captured confidential political data - campaign strategy, internal assessments, research inputs and electoral-roll information - that lack any proximate nexus to the alleged offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering framework, and seeks judicial restraint on retention, use or dissemination of those materials to protect privacy, freedom of political participation, and electoral integrity.

Obstruction of anti money laundering raids and alleged removal of digital evidence at a political consultancy sparks call for independent probe.
The Enforcement Directorate seeks a central probe into alleged obstruction of money laundering search operations at a political consultancy, asserting about Rs 20 crore in hawala proceeds was transferred to the firm. The petition requests immediate seizure, sealing, forensic preservation and restoration of custody of digital devices, electronic records and documents alleged to have been forcibly removed, and seeks interim protection against access, deletion, cloning or tampering while alleging compromise of witness procedure and prevention of authorised officers from performing lawful duties.

Mamata Banerjee alleged obstruction of ED raids and removal of evidence in a coal smuggling money laundering probe.
Allegations assert obstruction of an enforcement investigation and removal of physical and electronic evidence during active raids in a money laundering probe tied to coal smuggling. The agency claims the chief executive entered premises of a political consultancy leader and, with aides and police, removed documents and devices that the agency links to hawala transfers and proceeds routed to the consultancy's registered company, indicating alleged laundering of funds from an organised coal smuggling syndicate.

Illegal coal supply linked to Shakambhari Group; ED alleges money laundering via hawala and conducts coordinated searches.
The Enforcement Directorate identified the Shakambhari Group as a major end user of illegally mined coal from Eastern Coalfields leasehold areas, alleges a layered money laundering mechanism using hawala operators to route proceeds including transfers to Indian PAC Consulting Private Limited, and conducted coordinated searches at multiple West Bengal and Delhi locations linked to the generation, movement and laundering of proceeds from the illegal coal trade, placing the group's procurement practices under scrutiny.

Mamata Banerjee allegedly interfered in ED money laundering probes; opposition demands strong legal action to protect investigative independence.
Allegations focus on interference in the job of a central investigating agency during ED searches in a money laundering probe; the opposition seeks legal action against the Chief Minister for attending raids and removing documents and electronic media, asserting such conduct undermines investigative independence. The ED maintains searches are evidence based, target proceeds of crime linked to coal smuggling and hawala transactions, deny searches of party offices, and assert no electoral linkage.

Political consultancy firm searched in a money laundering probe linked to alleged coal smuggling; searches targeted documents and electronic data.
Searches were conducted at a political consultancy firm's offices and its director's residence in a money laundering probe linked to an alleged coal smuggling scheme, targeting company premises, electronic media and documents to trace proceeds and financial flows. Allegations assert the consultancy functioned as an operational arm influencing candidate selection, booth strategy and internal party control while channeling funds to a political party, raising issues about the application of anti money laundering enforcement to political consultants and the scope of search and seizure of election related data.

ED raid on political consultancy I-PAC prompts allegations of misuse of investigative agencies and seizure of party strategy materials.
The Enforcement Directorate searched I-PAC's offices and the director's residence in a money laundering probe, with officials seeking records and data; political leaders alleged I-PAC acts as the ruling party's strategic "eyes and ears," claimed investigators attempted to seize internal documents, hard disks and election strategy materials, and urged impartiality amid assertions the agencies are being used for political ends.

I-PAC office and director's home searched over alleged coal pilferage money laundering probe, with documents and hard drives seized.
Coordinated searches were executed at I-PAC's office and director Pratik Jain's residence in a money laundering probe linked to an alleged multi crore coal pilferage scheme; authorities allege specific hawala transactions and cash deals emanated from the coal matter, and seized computer peripherals and documents as potential evidence tracing the proceeds of crime to implicated persons previously questioned in the underlying criminal complaint.

Enforcement Directorate searches a political consultancy and director in a PMLA money laundering probe, seizing documents and electronic data.
Enforcement action under the PMLA targeted alleged money laundering involving a political consultancy and related government jobs fraud, with searches and seizures at company offices and an individual director's premises to locate documentary and electronic evidence of proceeds of crime; allegations also arose that investigators sought to seize internal organisational hard drives and data during the operations.