<h1>Opposition accuses election regulator of protecting 'vote thieves' as fraud probes, market clearance, fines, convictions and rulings follow</h1> An opposition leader accused the chief election regulator of protecting 'vote thieves' and cited constituency data alleging systematic deletion of supporters' votes; the election commission rejected the claims as baseless. Separately, federal investigators filed charges in major financial fraud and money-laundering probes against corporate executives and linked entities, while the markets regulator cleared a prominent conglomerate of alleged market-manipulation by a short-seller. The Supreme Court fined a public works department for illegal manual sewer cleaning and addressed pension entitlement limits, a district court set aside orders requiring journalists to remove alleged defamatory content, and a trial court convicted six men for rioting and unlawful assembly in a 2020 riots case.