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Govt Removes ED Mumbai Chief Over Nirav Modi Case Controversy
The government has removed ED’s special director in Mumbai, Vineet Agarwal, for his alleged interference in relieving the agency’s investigating officer in the Nirav Modi money-laundering case without following due procedure, officials said on Tuesday, 16 April.
They said the tenure of Agarwal has been cut short by three years and the 1994-batch Indian Police Service officer of Maharashtra cadre has been repatriated to his home state with immediate effect.
The Union Finance Ministry issued an order on Tuesday after getting sanction from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet and subsequently the ED headquarters in Delhi issued the orders relieving Agarwal from the post of special director of the agency in Mumbai, the officials said.
(Source: PTI)
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Govt Removes ED Mumbai Chief over Nirav Modi Case Controversy
The government has removed ED's special director in Mumbai, Vineet Agarwal, for his alleged interference in relieving the agency's investigating officer in the Nirav Modi money-laundering case without following due procedure, officials said on Tuesday.
They said the tenure of Agarwal has been cut short by three years and the 1994-batch Indian Police Service officer of Maharashtra cadre has been repatriated to his home state with immediate effect.
The Union Finance Ministry issued an order on Tuesday after getting sanction from the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet and subsequently the ED headquarters in Delhi issued the orders relieving Agarwal from the post of special director of the agency in Mumbai, the officials said.
(Source: PTI)
Sacked UP Cop Gets Bail in Apple Executive Vivek Tiwari's Death Case
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Tuesday granted bail to a sacked Uttar Pradesh Police constable in connection with Apple executive Vivek Tiwari's murder case.
Sandeep Kumar who was sent to jail on 22 March was directed by the court not to misuse the liberty of bail and affect the trial. The order came from Justice D K Singh.
The petitioner had pleaded that he was innocent as his name had initially not figured in the police charge sheet as a murder accused.
Kumar and another constable, Prashant Chaudhary, were arrested and dismissed from service after the 38-year-old Apple area sales manager was shot dead early on 29 September, 2018 for allegedly refusing to stop his car.
Chetak Helicopter Crashed Last Week, All Crew Members Safe
Indian Navy’s Chetak helicopter deployed on-board a Talwar-class frigate crashed in the Gulf of Aden during operational deployment last week. All three crew members onboard were safe. Navy says a major catastrophe was averted by the well trained naval air crew.
(Source: ANI)