Rajesh Ahuja covers internal security and also follows investigation agencies such as the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.
Articles by Rajesh Ahuja
Items seized from Delhi and Amroha can make IEDs, says NIA
The NIA last week busted an ISIS-inspired module in raids in 17 places in Delhi and UP’s Amroha and arrested 10 men. The men were part of an ISIS-styled module named Harkat-e-Harb-e-Islam.
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 08:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
BJP, RSS leaders possible target for ISIS-inspired terror module: NIA
A 45-year old woman from Lucknow and her son are suspected of funding and managing the finances of the group.
Updated on Dec 27, 2018 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times , New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Bombs, rocket launcher: NIA says busted ISIS module was ready to attack on New Year’s eve
NIA Inspector General, Alok Mittal, said they had seized 135 mobile phone SIM cards as well as over 100 alarm clocks and over 25 kg of chemicals that were to be used to make scores of remote-controlled bombs.
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 07:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Govt already had power to intercept, monitor, say officials
The outrage over authorising 10 agencies to lawfully “intercept, monitor and decrypt” information through a “computer resource” seems misplaced because these agencies already had this power under the IT Act, according to current and former government officials.
Updated on Dec 22, 2018 07:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja and Samarth Bansal
Pakistan infiltration ops shifting to Jammu border: NIA report
NIA has drawn its conclusion about the number of infiltrators after interrogating half-a-dozen overground workers (OWGs) — a nomenclature used by the J&K police for civilians who help militants — linked to Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) — who were arrested over the past year
Updated on Dec 16, 2018 10:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Intelligence chiefs get 6-month extension
Rajiv Jain, director of Intelligence Bureau, and Anil Kumar Dhasmana, head of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), have been given six-month extension.
Updated on Dec 14, 2018 05:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
CBI secures Interpol Red Corner against Mehul Choksi
Central Bureau of Investigation spokesman Abhishek Dayal added that before asking Interpol to issue Red Notice against Mehul Choksi, the agency secured a non bailable arrest warrant against him as well.
Updated on Dec 14, 2018 09:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Interpol issues Red Corner Notice against PNB fraud accused Mehul Choksi after CBI’s request
After seeking additional information from the CBI, the Interpol had initiated proceedings against Choksi and has now issued a Red Notice against him.
Updated on Dec 13, 2018 12:43 PM IST
New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
The middleman Christian Michel takes centre stage
Indian govt believes Michel will help identify real beneficiaries of corruption in the AgustaWestland chopper deal.
Updated on Dec 06, 2018 07:32 AM IST
Shishir Gupta and Rajesh Ahuja
Rakesh Asthana, CBI No. 2 who probed Agusta accused, now fights for career
Weeks before he was stripped of his charge, Rakesh Asthana had completed most of the groundwork for the chargesheet that the agency will file in court against Christian Michel
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 11:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Ahuja
Why CBI wanted Christian Michel, extradited from Dubai, in India
Christian Michel is one of three middlemen being probed in the case by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the AgustaWestland Chopper scam.
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 10:08 AM IST
Christian Michel, VVIP chopper deal accused, to be produced before CBI court
A British national, Christian Michel is wanted in India for allegedly organising bribes in exchange for a 2007 contract for the purchase of 12 VVIP luxury helicopters.
Updated on Dec 05, 2018 08:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Centre begins hunt for new CBI chief as probe continues against agency boss
The Department of Personnel and Training has kicked off the exercise it does every two years — to compile the list of officers at the director general level eligible for selection as the next chief of the federal agency, people familiar with the matter said.
Updated on Dec 04, 2018 01:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
How AK-47 assault rifles, discarded by Army, reached Maoists via Munger
Ex-army man suspected of reassembling arms using parts stolen from army depots and selling them to Maoists.
Updated on Dec 02, 2018 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja and Sudhi Ranjan Sen
Andhra didn’t let us nab official seeking bribe, leaked information, alleges CBI
The CBI, in a statement issued late on Friday, alleged that rather than giving consent to lay the trap, the state government leaked the information to the its Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) which acted on the complaint and laid the trap against the same government official
Updated on Dec 01, 2018 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Acting CBI chief Nageswara Rao closes case on Alok Verma’s ‘order’
In March, CBI’s Chennai branch, then headed by Rao, decided to close the case in “absence of evidence” and the CBI director Alok Verma as “competent authority” accorded approval to this, according to documents seen by Hindustan Times.
Published on Nov 27, 2018 01:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
26/11 attacks anniversary: Officer who helped plant Indian SIM cards in LeT reveals how response unfolded
26/11 Mumbai attacks: A senior intelligence official who helped plant Indian SIM cards with LeT in Pakistan has revealed how one of those numbers being used in the attacks enabled counterterror operatives gather real-time details about the strategy of handlers and frame their response.
Updated on Nov 26, 2018 11:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
NIA charges Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi with anti-national activities
Asiya Andrabi acts chief of the proscribed terrorist outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DEM), while Sofi Fehmeeda is her personal secretary and Nasreen is described as general secretary of the outfit.
Updated on Nov 15, 2018 12:03 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rajesh Ahuja
Afghan plane sends hijack alert at Delhi airport, captain says mistake
A civil aviation security official said the plane was cleared for departure once it was found that it was an error by the captain of the plane.
Updated on Nov 10, 2018 08:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Acted against deputy Rakesh Asthana to maintain CBI’s integrity, Alok Verma tells CVC
CBI Director Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana, special director, were divested of their responsibilities last month after engaging in an unprecedented public feud in which they traded allegations of corruption against each other.
Updated on Nov 10, 2018 08:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
CBI goes for Art of Living’s synergy workshop after war in agency
The three-day workshop will start on November 10.
Updated on Nov 09, 2018 11:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
CVC may examine Alok Verma today in CBI row
The commission was supposed to examine CBI chief Alok Verma on Thursday but he refused to be examined as one of the vigilance commissioners, TM Bhasin, was not present in office, which meant the examination was postponed till Friday.
Updated on Nov 09, 2018 12:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Central Bureau of Investigation director Alok Verma responds to CVC, rejects bribe claim
CBI director Alok Verma, in his response to the CVC, has dismissed the charge that he sought or accepted a bribe of ₹2 crore from a Hyderabad-based businessman.
Updated on Nov 07, 2018 12:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
CVC tells CBI’s Alok Verma to be ready for examination in corruption probe
The Central Vigilance Commission has formally told CBI director Alok Kumar Verma to prepare to be examined in connection with the complaint made by the agency’s special director Rakesh Asthana against him, a government official said.
Updated on Nov 02, 2018 08:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
CBI shows WhatsApp texts as evidence against Rakesh Asthana
Whatsapp messages that the two alleged middleman, named accused in the CBI’s FIR against Rakesh Asthana exchanged almost a year back, and a flurry of calls after the arrest of one of them on October 16 form the bulk of evidence in the case, documents reviewed by HT show.
Updated on Oct 30, 2018 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Officer who probed CBI No. 2 Rakesh Asthana gives secret records to SC
Ajay Bassi, the officer investigating CBI special director Rakesh Asthana in the bribery case against him, on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging his transfer to Port Blair in the Andamans.
Updated on Oct 30, 2018 07:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
CBI to hand over documents as CVC probe against Alok Verma, Rakesh Asthana kicks off today
The CVC ordered that Verma be divested of his responsibilities as CBI chief on Tuesday, saying the agency under him was not cooperating to find the truth about Asthana’s allegations.
Updated on Oct 29, 2018 07:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
CBI under Alok Verma was planning to arrest Rakesh Asthana when Delhi high court stepped in
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), under Alok Verma, was planning to arrest its special director Rakesh Asthana when the Delhi high court on Tuesday last restrained it from taking any coercive action against him, said officials.
Updated on Oct 28, 2018 11:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Centre appoints IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra as interim ED director
Indian Revenue Service officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra will handle the charge of the ED for three months till the government makes a regular appointment of the director of the agency, said Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Updated on Oct 27, 2018 01:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja
Behind the scenes on night CBI chief Alok Verma was divested of his powers
Central Vigilance Commisioner KV Chowdary and his two colleagues Vigilance Commissioners, Sharad Kumar and TM Bhasin took around five hours to finalise the order relieving CBI chief Alok Verma of his responsibilities, a senior govt official said.
Updated on Oct 27, 2018 08:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja