CBI court sentence TN man for 4 yrs RI in 34.90 cr laundering case
Chennai, Feb 18 (BPNS) The CBI Special court in Chennai on Friday sentenced a person, Haroon Rasheed for four years of rigorous imprisonment in a case related to money laundering to the tune of Rs 34.99 crore rupees. The court also directed Rasheed to pay an amount of Rs 6 lakh as a fine and […]
TN Man commits suicide after killing wife, two daughters after elder daughter marry Dalit youth
Chennai, Feb 18 (BPNS) A tea shop owner at Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu committed suicide after killing his wife and two younger daughters. The incident occurred on Friday morning. Police said that the man took the extreme step after his elder daughter married a Dalit man. K. Lakshmanan (55) of Puthucherry village in Kilvelur block […]
TN CCB arrest four for duping youths promising jobs
Chennai, Feb 16 (BPNS) The Central Crime Branch (CCB), Job racket wing, of Tamil Nadu police arrested four people for cheating gullible youths promising them jobs in Airports and other central government undertakings and swindling money. The arrested are K. Kiran (41) of Pozhichallur, his wife Sherly Sangeetha (35), S. Palinivelu (35) of Kovilambakam, and […]
Man arrested for impregnating minor daughter of live-in partner in TN
Chennai, Feb 15 (BPNS) A 32-year-old bus driver was arrested by the Madukkarai police under the Coimbatore rural district for sexually assaulting and impregnating a minor girl who is the daughter of his live-in partner. The woman who was living with her daughter after her husband passed away 13 years ago entered into a relationship […]
Gang decamps with 280 sovereigns of gold after tying inmates at Dindigul, TN
Chennai, Feb 15 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu police have commenced the hunt for a gang who had barged into the residence of a Doctor at Oddanchatram in Dindigul district of the state and robbed 280 sovereigns of gold kept in the house after tying the inmates. According to the police, Shaktivel, a leading Doctor at Oddanchatram, […]
Madras HC quashes case against You Tuber Maridhas
Chennai, Feb 10 (BPNS) The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday quashed a private complaint against YouTuber Maridhas who was charged for uploading a video pertaining to the anti- CAA protest. Justice Swaminathan of the Madras High Court quashed the private complaint against Maridhas on the file of Judicial Magistrate 111, Thoothukudi. […]
3 Lankan’s among 6 arrested after NCB busts major drug racket in Chennai
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) Six people including three Sri Lankan nationals were apprehended by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) while busting a major drug syndicate in Chennai on Tuesday. 11 kg of the drug, amphetamine was seized from those arrested from the Chennai –Gummidipoondi national highway during the early hours of Tuesday. The NCB officers […]
TN police for establishing a separate narcotics department to curtail drug menace
Chennai, Feb 7 (BPNS) With Tamil Nadu police seizing 112 kg of ganja in the first week of February from the state, the demand for a separate Narcotic bureau in the state police in the lines of Narcotics Control Bureau has gained momentum in the state. Police officials said that during the month of January, […]
ED attaches properties belonging to Dental clinic under PML Act
Chennai, Feb 7 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached movable properties of a dental clinic in Chennai under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act 2002 in a bribery scam. According to information available, the attachment of the movable properties by the ED is due […]