Over 20 people injured after vehicle topples in UP's Deoria district
Deoria (UP) (PTI): Around two dozen people, including women, elderly and children, were injured after a pick-up vehicle went out of control and overturned near Deoria district's Sirjam village on Monday, police said.
The vehicle was carrying devotees to visit the Tarkulha Devi temple in Gorakhpur district.
According to police, the family and relatives of Ramnagina Chauhan, a resident of Badhiya Buzurg Patwari Tola in Gauri Bazar police station area, were on their way to the temple after Chauhan's son returned from Dubai recently.
They had set out in two pick-up vehicles and had reached the canal turn near Sirjam village on the Deoria-Gorakhpur road when one of the vehicles went out of control and overturned, police said.
Upon receiving information about the accident, villagers from the surrounding area rushed to the spot and started rescuing the victims. With the help of local people, all the injured were taken to the nearest community health centre by ambulance, where they received first aid, they added.
One of the victims, Srinivas (55), who sustained serious injuries, has been referred to Deoria Medical College for treatment. The other injured were treated at the Gauri Bazar community health centre and sent home.
SHO Rahul Singh said that on receiving information, he reached the spot and helped injured persons get hospitalised.
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ED attaches fresh PACL assets worth over Rs 1,986 crore
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has attached fresh properties worth over Rs 1,986 crore as part of its money laundering investigation against Chandigarh-based PACL (Pearls Group), accused of orchestrating a Rs 48,000 crore Ponzi scheme.
The latest action has taken the total value of assets attached so far in the case to Rs 7,589 crore.
In a statement, the agency said it has provisionally attached 37 immovable properties, located in Punjab's Ludhiana and Jaipur in Rajasthan, valued at Rs 1,986.48 crore, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
A part of the alleged illicit funds generated from this fraud was used for the acquisition of these 37 assets, it said.
The ED probe stems from a CBI case against PACL Ltd, its late promoter Nirmal Singh Bhangoo and some others.
Bhangoo died in August 2024.
The accused entities and individuals of PACL operated an "illegal" collective investment scheme, fraudulently mobilising over Rs 60,000 crore from lakhs of investors across India under the guise of sale and development of agricultural land, as per the ED.
Investors were induced to invest through cash down payment and instalment payment plans and were made to sign "misleading" documents, including agreements, powers of attorney, and other instruments, it said.
"In the majority of cases, no land was ever delivered, and approximately Rs 48,000 crore remains unpaid to investors," the agency said.
Three charge sheets have been filed by the ED till now as part of this case registered in 2016.
