Liquor Baron

Police awaiting expert opinion on Namdhari's gun

Investigators believe that Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, arrested in connection with the Ponty Chadha case, had tried to destroy evidence regarding the pistol he allegedly used to fire during the killing of the brothers in a south Delhi farmhouse. ...  

Ponty Chadha's death could jolt his business in UP

Lucknow: Barely two days after his gruesome death in a shootout in Delhi, billionaire Ponty Chadha's liquor and other businesses in Uttar Pradesh could be the first casualty of the incident, government officials said on Monday. While admitting that it was a bit "early" to speculate about such an eventuality, officials said that Ponty's death could mean bad news for his Wave Group. "Other than the money that he so...  

Delhi: Firing at Ponty Chadha's farmhouse, 1 dead

New Delhi: A firing incident has been reported from liquor baron Ponty Chadha's farmhouse in Delhi's Chhattarpur area in which one person has been killed. The person killed is said to be Ponty Chadhas brother while the guard of the farmhouse has been injured. Ponty Chadha, who has several private bodyguards, was present inside the farmhouse when the firing incident took place. But there are no reports of whether he...  

IPS officer killing: Wife demands CBI probe

New Delhi: Slain IPS officer Narender Kumar's wife has demanded CBI probe into her husband's killing, saying it was a murder and not accident. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan had ordered a judicial probe into the incident. The probe into the incident that sparked an outrage was announced by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, a day after 30-year-old Narendra Kumar Singh was crushed under the wheels of a...  

Another IPS officer attacked in MP

Bhind: A young IPS officer was attacked allegedly by liquor barons, including supporters of former BJP MLA Narendra Singh, in Bhind district when he tried to check illegal sale of liquor on the day when another promising officer was crushed to death allegedly by the mining mafia. The alleged incident occurred on Thursday when some liquor shops located on the Etawah and Lahar Road were selling liquor illegally despite the...  

Ponty Chadha linked to UP mining mafia?

New Delhi: The Income Tax department has been trying to establish links between liquor baron Ponty Chadha and Uttar Pradesh's Orai-based mining mafia head Sukhdev Singh. Recently, Rs 1.5 crore were recovered from Sukhdev's office in raids conducted by the IT department. The I-T department also raided liquor baron Ponty Chadha's premises across Delhi and UP. Jewellery worth Rs 4 crore and Rs 50 lakh cash was seized. I-T officials...  

Liquor baron Ponty Chadha raided by I-T Dept

New Delhi: Liquor baron Gurpreet Chadha alias Ponty Chadha, known to be very close to UP Chief Minister Mayawati, has been raided by the Income Tax Department on Wednesday morning. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation of Income Tax raided 17 places belonging to the liquor baron across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh including his multiplexes in Noida and sprawling farm house in Chattarpur spread over 13 acres. Ponty Chadha is the...