Travel Scam

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted search operations at a private tours and travels company's office in Kolkata, Bengal, in connection with its probe into an alleged multi-crore coal pilferage scam, sources said.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday said that IPS official Amitabh Gupta, who gave a letter of approval to Yes Bank scam accused Wadhawan brothers and others for travel to a hill station amid lockdown earlier this month, said he did not write the note under anyone's pressure.

One by one, victims of the Maryland travel agent told the judge how they had been duped. Some paid thousands for tickets through the agent but could not board a plane when they arrived at the airport. Others successfully made it to their destinations, only to find they were stuck because the agent had not purchased return flights.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri led a "lavish" lifestyle using a credit card issued by a Dubai-based hawala operator, an accused in the VVIP chopper scam, to travel in private jets and visit night clubs, the Enforcement Directorate has said in its charge-sheet in a Rs 8,000 crore bank loan money laundering case.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the Enforcement Directorate against the permission granted to Rajeev Saxena, an approver in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam, to travel abroad on medical grounds.

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Rajiv Saxena, the accused-turned-approver in the AgustaWestland chopper deal scam, to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Rajeev Saxena, a middleman-turned-approver in the money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam, moved a Delhi court Monday seeking permission to travel abroad.

A Delhi court Thursday allowed former Air Chief S P Tyagi, accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, to visit his family abroad in March and April.

Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, accused in a coal scam case, has been allowed to travel abroad for business purposes, by a special court.

Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi, who was granted Antiguan citizenship last year, shouldn't be allowed to travel by air, land or sea, India has requested authorities in Antigua and Barbuda amid reports of his presence in the Caribbean island.

PNB scam: Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi has said in a statement that his application for citizenship of Antigua was driven by desire to "expand his business" in the Caribbean and to obtain free visa travel to 130 countries.

India was informed by the US about fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi's move to Antigua on Monday, sources have told NDTV. Choksi, wanted for a Rs. 13,500 crore bank fraud along with his nephew Nirav Modi, may have bought citizenship from Antigua for Rs 1.3 to 1.7 crore, suspect investigators. With a passport from the country, he can travel freel...

Fraudsters have tricked scores of Nigerians by selling them football World Cup fan passes to travel to Russia, leaving many stranded and penniless.

Fraudsters have tricked scores of Nigerians by selling them football World Cup fan passes to travel to Russia, leaving many stranded and penniless, victims and anti-trafficking campaigners say.

Fugitive jeweler Nirav Modi managed to travel through several countries even though information about his passport being cancelled by India was flashed in the Interpol central database on February 24, the CBI said Monday.

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday conducted search operations at a private tours and travels company's office in Kolkata, Bengal, in connection with its probe into an alleged multi-crore coal pilferage scam, sources said.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Sunday said that IPS official Amitabh Gupta, who gave a letter of approval to Yes Bank scam accused Wadhawan brothers and others for travel to a hill station amid lockdown earlier this month, said he did not write the note under anyone's pressure.

One by one, victims of the Maryland travel agent told the judge how they had been duped. Some paid thousands for tickets through the agent but could not board a plane when they arrived at the airport. Others successfully made it to their destinations, only to find they were stuck because the agent had not purchased return flights.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri led a "lavish" lifestyle using a credit card issued by a Dubai-based hawala operator, an accused in the VVIP chopper scam, to travel in private jets and visit night clubs, the Enforcement Directorate has said in its charge-sheet in a Rs 8,000 crore bank loan money laundering case.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the Enforcement Directorate against the permission granted to Rajeev Saxena, an approver in a money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam, to travel abroad on medical grounds.

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed Rajiv Saxena, the accused-turned-approver in the AgustaWestland chopper deal scam, to travel abroad for medical treatment.

Rajeev Saxena, a middleman-turned-approver in the money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam, moved a Delhi court Monday seeking permission to travel abroad.

A Delhi court Thursday allowed former Air Chief S P Tyagi, accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, to visit his family abroad in March and April.

Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, accused in a coal scam case, has been allowed to travel abroad for business purposes, by a special court.

Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi, who was granted Antiguan citizenship last year, shouldn't be allowed to travel by air, land or sea, India has requested authorities in Antigua and Barbuda amid reports of his presence in the Caribbean island.

PNB scam: Fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi has said in a statement that his application for citizenship of Antigua was driven by desire to "expand his business" in the Caribbean and to obtain free visa travel to 130 countries.

India was informed by the US about fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi's move to Antigua on Monday, sources have told NDTV. Choksi, wanted for a Rs. 13,500 crore bank fraud along with his nephew Nirav Modi, may have bought citizenship from Antigua for Rs 1.3 to 1.7 crore, suspect investigators. With a passport from the country, he can travel freel...

Fraudsters have tricked scores of Nigerians by selling them football World Cup fan passes to travel to Russia, leaving many stranded and penniless.

Fraudsters have tricked scores of Nigerians by selling them football World Cup fan passes to travel to Russia, leaving many stranded and penniless, victims and anti-trafficking campaigners say.

Fugitive jeweler Nirav Modi managed to travel through several countries even though information about his passport being cancelled by India was flashed in the Interpol central database on February 24, the CBI said Monday.