Central Bureau Of Investigation

CBI Files Case Against Cambridge Analytica For Facebook Data Theft

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Friday January 22, 2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against UK-based political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica for the alleged illegal harvesting of personal data of 5.62 lakh Indian Facebook users. The agency has also named Global Science Research (GSRL), another company based out of that country, in the same case.

Central Probe Agency Arrests Two Of Its Own Officials In Bribery Case

India News | Written by Arvind Gunasekar | Wednesday January 20, 2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two of its own officials, senior police officer RK Rishi and Inspector Kapil Dhankad, in connection with a bribery case. They have been accused of trying to influence an ongoing bank fraud investigation against two companies whose loan default amount runs into a few thousand crores.

Central Probe Agency Busts Bribery Racket In Northeast Frontier Railway

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday January 19, 2021

A bribery racket, involving senior officers of the Railway engineering department of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), has been busted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Murdered Indigo Executive's Family Demands CBI Probe

India News | ANI | Friday January 15, 2021

Three days after Rupesh Kumar Singh, a manager with IndiGo airlines, was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne men in the Punaichak area of Patna, his family on Friday said the probe should be transferred from Bihar police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

In Bengal Multi-Crore Ponzi Scam, Rose Valley Chairman's Wife Arrested

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday January 15, 2021

In a key arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in West Bengal's Rose Valley Ponzi scam estimated to be worth over Rs 15,000 crore, Shubhra Kundu, the wife of the firm's chairman Goutam Kundu was taken into custody in Kolkata on Friday.

CBI Charges Own Officers For Alleged Bribe From Bank Fraud Accused

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 14, 2021

Four personnel of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), including two deputy superintendents of police, have been charged by the central probe agency for allegedly receiving bribes to compromise on investigation against companies accused of bank fraud, officials said.

CBI Registers Bank Fraud Case Of Over Rs 200 Crore Against Bengaluru Firm

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 13, 2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case of bank fraud of over Rs 200 crore against Bengaluru-based Steel Hypermart India Private Limited and its directors for losses incurred by a consortium of banks led by the Indian Bank, officials said Wednesday.

2 Arrested For Buying, Selling, Circulating Child Porn On Social Media

India News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Sunday January 10, 2021

Two men have been arrested in Delhi for the alleged sale, purchase and circulation of child pornography through multiple social media platforms and using e-commerce applications for such transactions.

CBI Files Chargesheet Against 4 Cops In 2017 Gurugram School Murder Case

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 9, 2021

After nearly three years of probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against four police officials of Haryana for allegedly framing a bus conductor in the killing of a seven-year-old student of a private school in Gurugram in September 2017, officials said on Friday.

Ex-AIADMK Member Among 3 More Arrested In Pollachi Sexual Assault Case

India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday January 6, 2021

Three more people, including a youth wing member of the ruling AIADMK, were arrested on Wednesday in the 2019 Pollachi sexual assault case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Probe Agency Backtracks In Coal Scam Case After "Protest" By BJP Leaders

India News | Written by Arvind Gunasekar | Tuesday January 5, 2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought government sanction to charge three retired bureaucrats in a coal scam case it had closed in 2016 but reopened two years later on protests by senior BJP leaders, who are also the complainants.

CBI Files Case Against Delhi Firm In Rs 168 Crore Bank Fraud Case

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 4, 2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has searched the premises of Sonear Industries Ltd and its Directors at five locations in New Delhi after booking them in a fraud case of Rs 168.73 crore at Punjab National Bank, officials said on Monday.

CBI Charges US-Based Company, Ex-Indian Scientist In Alleged Defence Scam

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Stela Dey | Monday January 4, 2021

A US-based company has been charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for alleged irregularities in the purchase of 35 radio frequency generators for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in 2007.

Trinamool Youth Wing Leader Raided By CBI In Cattle Smuggling Case

India News | Thursday December 31, 2020

Two properties of Trinamool Youth Congress general secretary Vinay Mishra in Kolkata were searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday in connection with an ongoing probe into a cow smuggling racket in Bengal.

CBI Arrests Maharashtra Labour Official For Taking Bribe, Recovers Rs 52 Lakh

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 30, 2020

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has recovered Rs 52 lakh in cash from an Assistant Labour Commissioner in Nagpur, Maharashtra, who was arrested while allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 60,000, officials said today.