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Naveen Kumar

Hyderabad

Senior Journalist at The Hindu

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Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Siddharth Kumar Singh |Naveen Kumar |Lavpreet Kaur |Ravi Reddy

    Vikram (name changed) was just another first-year MBBS student at the Government Medical College Khammam in Telangana, trying to find his way through the maze of lectures, labs and late-night study sessions. On November 12 last year, as he walked back to his hostel, he ran a hand over his freshly trimmed hair. It was nothing drastic; just a routine cut, or so he thought until he stepped into the hostel. The laughter came first — loud, mocking, floating down the corridor from the floor above.

  • 1 month ago | thehindu.com | Lavpreet Kaur |Naveen Kumar

    Amardeep Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of Falcon Group, allegedly disguised himself as a patient to evade security checks and flee the country from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), sources close to the probe confirmed. Meanwhile, the aircraft in question, a Hawker 800A (N935H), which can accommodate six passengers and a stretcher, is set to be flown to Begumpet Airport on March 10.

  • 1 month ago | thehindu.com | Naveen Kumar

    The private jet owned by fugitive businessman Amardeep Kumar, and operated by a US-registered charter firm, was operating as a commercial air ambulance. The jet was seized by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad on Friday. The aircraft, a 1993-model Hawker 800A with registration number N935H, was registered under Prestige Jets Inc. but was ultimately linked to Kumar.

  • 1 month ago | thehindu.com | Naveen Kumar

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized a private jet allegedly used by fugitive businessman Amardeep Kumar to flee the country amid an ongoing investigation into financial irregularities linked to Falcon Group (M/s Capital Protection Force Pvt. Ltd.). According to ED sources, Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of Falcon Group, fled the country on January 22 using the private jet owned by him through a charter company, Prestige Jets Inc.

  • 2 months ago | thehindu.com | Naveen Kumar

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recorded an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) following a FIR filed by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Cyberabad Police in connection with an alleged ₹850 crore ponzi scheme involving Falcon Invoice Discounting Platform. An ECIR serves as the ED’s formal record of a complaint, marking the starting point for further action, including asset attachment and arrests, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.