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Time of India
6 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Special court grants bail to Delhi sub inspector Rahul Malik in alleged bribery case
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel A special court Monday granted bail to a sub inspector with the Delhi police in an alleged bribery had booked Rahul Malik , Sub-Inspector of Cyber Police, Rohini, for allegedly demanding Rs. 14 lakhs from Faikh Mohammed Rehan Hajatay for allegedly dropping his name from case probed by after laying down a trap in Mumbai and recovering Rs. 2.5 lakhs from an alleged hawala operator from Rehan, had visited Cyber Police Station, Rohini, Delhi wherein its officials arrested Malik on who has been alleged to flee after seeing the officials. The CBI had recovered two mobile phones which the agency had alleged that Malik has thrown during the Vijay Aggarwal along with Advocate Yash Agrawal appearing for Malik argued that as a chargesheet has been filed by CBI u/s 61(2)(a) and Section 238 of BNS, 2023 and Sections 7 of PC Act, 1988, subsequent to rejection of first bail application, therefore, considering the change in circumstances, the bail application ought to be considered afresh and his client should be enlarged on bail considering no useful purpose would be served as all relevant material has been brought on further argued that the alleged recovery of mobile phones from Rahul Malik where incriminating chats as per the case of CBI has been recovered showing him demanding bribe through another person namely Sherlock from Rehan is inadmissible as CBI has not complied with Section 105 of BNSS which lays down a new procedure for seizure whereby the entire search and seizure proceedings are to be recorded through audio- video means and failure of CBI to record the said proceedings makes the entire evidence Special Court had earlier rejected the bail application of Rahul Malik prior to filing of chargesheet considering that investigation was at nascent stage and the likelihood of Rahul Malik tampering with evidence and influencing witness as the statements of Hawala Operator as well as one person namely, Kartik Jain through whom Rahul Malik had contacted Hawala Operator was yet to be Prosecutor for CBI opposed the said bail application arguing that Rahul Malik was a police officer and well versed with nitty-gritty of investigation and criminal case and is likely to influence witness and tamper with further argued that Rahul Malik had used complex web of Hawala operators to collect bribe and therefore, considering the severity of allegations, he should not be granted Special Judge while imposing various conditions including that he shall surrender his passport with CBI and shall not enter the jurisdiction of Navi Mumbai granted Malik bail.
Time of India
12-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Irrigation engineer held in DA case remanded in judicial custody
1 2 3 Hyderabad: Irrigation executive engineer (EE) N Sridhar, who was arrested by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in a disproportionate assets (DA) case on Wednesday, was remanded in judicial custody on Thursday. ACB sleuths said they will be moving a petition seeking his remand to verify his claims. Sridhar is currently posted as an EE in the irrigation and command area development (CAD) department in Choppadandi, Karimnagar. He was earlier involved in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) and used to supervise the Gayathri pump house in Ramadugu, Karimnagar. A case was registered by ACB under the PC Act against Sridhar on June 9 and on Wednesday officials had raided his office, home and relatives' houses. The investigators said that Sridhar's family members are well-qualified professionals. His daughter is a housewife and his son-in-law is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer currently posted in China. Sridhar's wife is a govt college principal in Hyderabad, and his son graduated from IIM Kozhikode after completing an engineering degree from NIT in Tamil Nadu. Sridhar's daughter-in-law is a senior manager in a pharma company's Bangalore office. Regarding his son's destination wedding in Thailand in March 2025, Sridhar claimed that his son's father-in-law, a Russia-based pearls businessman from Ghaziabad, took care of the expenditure. He said that 150 guests attended the wedding including 50 persons from the groom's side. "The groom's family claimed to have spent only Rs 4 lakh towards flight charges for 12 guests," said an ACB official. ACB officials said they were yet to open an SBI locker in Karimnagar jointly operated by Sridhar and his wife. ACB is also verifying if there are any lockers operated by Sridhar's son, who is a city-based management professional. According to bureau sources, the assets of Sridhar, as per his known sources of income and expenditure records, should not be more than Rs 2 crore, but currently they stand at Rs 11 crore, which places the documentary value of the DA at Rs 9 crore. But the market value of his assets was about Rs 60 crore, officials said. The assets include a villa in Tellapur, a 4,500 sq ft flat in Shaikpet where his son's family lives, three flats in Karimnagar, commercial space in Ameerpet, four-storied buildings at Malakpet in Hyderabad and in Warangal, an independent building in Karimnagar, 16 acres of agricultural land in Warangal, Karimnagar, and Rangareddy districts, 19 plots in Hyderabad, Warangal, and Karimnagar, two cars, 26 tola gold ornaments, Rs 50,000 cash, and Rs 60 lakh bank balance. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
CBI books ex-Ordnance Factory Medak officer, wife in DA case
1 2 Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against Gopal Mashetty, former store in-charge at the Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK), and his wife, Aruna Mashetty, for allegedly accumulating assets worth several crores—grossly disproportionate to their known sources of income. The case was initiated following a complaint filed on April 27, 2024, by Amit Sharma, who alleged that Gopal had acquired a number of immovable properties—both in his and his wife's names—that far exceeded his lawful earnings during his service at OFMK. Mashetty retired in June 2024 as a scale-4 officer. Wealth discrepancy A vigilance officer conducted a preliminary verification and submitted a report on May 3, 2025, covering the period from Jan 2010 to June 2018. The findings revealed that the assets amassed by Gopal were approximately 773% higher than his known sources of income during his tenure in govt service. Based on this, the CBI established a prima facie case under section 13(2) read with section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Aruna was charged under section 109 of the Indian Penal Code in conjunction with the same sections of the PC Act for abetment. CBI gets consent The Telangana govt granted consent for the CBI to proceed under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act on March 3 this year. Subsequently, the department of personnel and training, govt of India, issued a notification on June 2, authorising the investigation. Gopal and Aruna are residents of Yeddumailaram in Kandi mandal of Sangareddy district. With the case now formally registered, the CBI has launched a full-fledged investigation to ascertain the complete extent of assets acquired and to uncover any further offences that may surface.
Time of India
10-06-2025
- Time of India
Corruption charges against 3 cops for accepting bribe
New Delhi: A Delhi court has framed corruption charges against three police officers from the crime branch. The accused officers—sub-inspector Sanjeev Kumar, assistant sub-inspector Kirori Mal, and head constable Sanjay Kumar—were posted in the anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) According to prosecution, two officers allegedly demanded a bribe last year to prevent the arrest of two individuals, while the third officer accepted Rs 2 lakh on their behalf. Special judge Shailender Malik, while framing the charges on June 9, noted there was sufficient material and evidence prima facie on record to show that there was a criminal conspiracy among all the accused in demanding a bribe from the complainant, which was accepted by Sanjay Kumar. "As such, there is prima facie material for framing the charge against accused Sanjay Kumar under Section 7 of the PC Act, 1988 (being a substantive offence) as well as against all the accused persons under Section 7 of the PC Act, 1988 read with 61(2) of BNS. Let the charges be framed," the court ordered. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a chargesheet against the officers after receiving a complaint from Rohit Kumar on Nov 23, 2024. According to the chargesheet, an FIR had been registered at the ANTF Crime Branch in Old Kotwali, Daryaganj, Delhi. In that FIR, a notice was sent to two friends of the complainant, namely Satpal and Mujahid Malik, on Sept 9, 2024. It was mentioned in the complaint that the complainant and his two friends came to Delhi for the purpose of joining the investigation at PS ANTF. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch vàng CFDs với mức chênh lệch giá thấp nhất IC Markets Đăng ký Undo They met SI Sanjeev Kumar, and ASI Kirori Mal, who allegedly demanded a bribe amount of Rs two lakhs from the complainant for not arresting his friends, Satpal and Mujahid Malik. It is alleged that the police threatened the complainant that if he did not pay the bribe amount of Rs 2 lakhs, they would implicate the complainant also in the said FIR. A complaint was filed, and a trap was laid to arrest the accused persons on Nov 25, 2024. Sanjay Kumar was arrested after he received the bribe amount.
Indian Express
08-06-2025
- Indian Express
‘Corruption significant barrier in country's growth': Court awards 4-year jail to traffic cop for bribe worth Rs 3,000
Observing that 'corruption is one of the most significant barriers in the growth of the country', a court here has sentenced a Delhi Traffic Police officer, who is just a year short of his retirement, to four years in prison for taking a bribe of Rs 3,000 from a driver. 'Corruption is one of the most significant barriers in the growth of the country. The PC (prevention of corruption) act was formulated to bring about transparency and honesty in public life and to combat corruption in government departments,' said Special Judge Deepali Sharma of Rouse Avenue Court in her order dated June 6. Assistant Sub Inspector Yatender Kumar, who was posted at Delhi Traffic Police booth, Pul Mithai Chowk, at the time of the incident was convicted on June 4 under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act for 'demanding and obtaining gratification other than legal remuneration' (bribes) from a man in lieu of releasing his impounded vehicle in September 2022. During arguments on his sentence, his counsel had argued for leniency, citing his age of 59 years. The fact that he was the sole bread earner of his family was also stated as were his 'clean antecedents'. The prosecution, however, said that Kumar's acts could not be 'trivialised'. It was also argued that corruption is a menace to society, which needs to be eradicated 'to restore the faith of people in good governance'. '…the convict has been stated to have clean antecedents and the prosecution has not shown any previous criminal record of the convict. Convict is about 59 years of age and has a wife to support, being sole bread earner of his family. Considering the circumstances in entirety, the convict has been awarded the minimum sentence as provided under Section 7 and Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988,' said Judge Sharma while awarding a four-year jail term to Kumar. The maximum punishment possible under the PC Act is seven years of imprisonment.
