Appu Esthose Suresh was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Appu Esthose Suresh
ED raids Gujarat firm that defaulted on UPA-era bank loans, Rajya Sabha election funding in focus
Multiple sources said the government suspects the group of mobilising funds for the August 8 Rajya Sabha elections
Updated on Aug 05, 2017 02:13 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Appu Esthose Suresh
CBI raids Lalu Prasad’s homes in land-for-hotels scam; RJD chief accuses Modi, Shah of targeting him
Raids were carried out at 12 locations in five cities a day after the CBI filed cases against Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son and deputy Bihar chief minister Tejashwi.
Updated on Jul 07, 2017 06:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna/ New Delhi | Ruchir Kumar and Appu Esthose Suresh
Modi’s office tipped off Nitish about CBI raid on Lalu Prasad
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was told about the raids on Lalu Prasad and his family after the CBI informed the PMO that it feared trouble during their search.
Updated on Jul 08, 2017 11:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
CBI says firm that won railways contract sold land to Lalu Prasad’s aide
CBI files show that 10 land deeds were executed by Harsh Kochhar and Vijay Kochhar of Sujata Hotels in favour of Delight Marketing Company which later transferred a plot of land to family members of Lalu Prasad, including his wife and son.
Updated on Jul 07, 2017 10:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
How CBI came to raid Lalu Prasad’s properties over land-for-hotels deal
The CBI raids were carried out at 12 locations in five cities a day after the CBI filed cases against Lalu Prasad and others related to him.
Updated on Jul 07, 2017 01:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
CAs could be punished for helping clients in money laundering
A finance ministry official says investigators had come across alleged instances where CAs wilfully helped companies launder or round-trip money.
Updated on Jun 14, 2017 08:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Changing face of the mob: New narrative of nationalism has created dangerous public emotion
Lynching and mob violence have escalated dramatically. A new narrative of nationalism, rejection of dissent and no compassion for ‘transgressors’ have created a dangerous new public emotion
Updated on Jun 27, 2017 05:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Appu Esthose Suresh
CBI raids NDTV’s Prannoy Roy, wife over ‘bank fraud’, channel cries witch-hunt
A case was registered by the banking fraud division of the CBI against NDTV’s Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika. The ED and Income Tax department have been investigating the news channel since 2014.
Updated on Jun 06, 2017 12:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
CBI files 3 FIRs over probe into aviation ministry decisions during UPA tenure
The FIRs relate to the purchase of 50 Boeing aircraft for the erstwhile Air India, the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, and handing over of lucrative international airline routes to private airlines, a source in the CBI told Hindustan Times on condition of anonymity.
Updated on Jun 08, 2017 10:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
CBI files 3 FIRs over probe into aviation ministry decisions during UPA tenure
The FIRs relate to the purchase of 50 Boeing aircraft for the erstwhile Air India, the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, and handing over of lucrative international airline routes to private airlines, a source in the CBI told Hindustan Times on condition of anonymity.
Updated on May 30, 2017 02:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
CBI to probe aviation ministry decisions during UPA tenure
The FIRs relate to the purchase of 50 Boeing aircraft for the erstwhile Air India, the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, and handing over of lucrative international airline routes to private airlines, a source in the CBI told Hindustan Times on condition of anonymity.
Updated on Jun 08, 2017 10:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Chidambaram residence raid: How a 2015 ED search prompted CBI probe into INX deal
It was during a 2015 meeting that the ED informed CBI about the evidence they had collected during its raid of Advantage Strategic, a company allegedly owned by Karti Chidambaram.
Updated on May 16, 2017 09:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
CBI raids Chidambaram’s son over INX deal, ex-minister says govt trying to silence him
The CBI conducted raids at the residences of former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram in Chennai.
Updated on Jun 13, 2017 09:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Chennai | Appu Esthose Suresh and Azaan Javaid
Pakistani man who said he was ISI spy made up story to settle in India: Sources
IB sources continue interrogation of Pakistani passport-holder who identified himself as a Pakistani spy
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh, New Delhi
ISI spy or not? Officials probe claims of ‘contract killer’ who landed in Delhi
Sources said there is a possibility that the man, identified as Ahmed Mohammed, is lying but officials are checking his details to know where he travelled in the past few months.
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 07:17 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Appu Esthose Suresh
Cows make up tiny share of cattle smuggled to Bangladesh
Data collated by HT from auctioning of seized cattle by customs outposts along the Indo-Bangladesh border comes close to unofficial home ministry estimates
Updated on Mar 25, 2017 08:32 AM IST
New Delhi/Guwahati | Appu Esthose Suresh & Rahul Karmakar
Demonetisation violation? Banks accepted over Rs 1 lakh crore without PAN details
In the weeks after demonetisation, banks across India received about Rs 1.13-lakh crore in “high-value deposits” from customers without valid documents.
Updated on Mar 16, 2017 05:11 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Appu Esthose Suresh
Arms dealer Bhandari moved assets to dodgy Dubai trust: I-T probe
Controversial arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, under investigation for possessing classified information on India’s defence purchases, forged documents to move assets worth Rs 150-crore to a dodgy Dubai-based trust.
Updated on Feb 14, 2017 12:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Top 15 parties deposited Rs 167 crore during note ban, BSP tops list, shows data
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) made the highest cash deposit among political parties during 50 days of demonetisation, reveals data analysis by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Income Tax department (I-T).
Updated on Feb 12, 2017 02:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Arun Jaitley says Budget 2017 meant to help the vulnerable, not the affluent
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday the philosophy behind his budget is to spend more on identified success stories and carrying on with the government’s campaign against black money.
Updated on Feb 02, 2017 06:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Mahapatra and Appu Esthose Suresh, New Delhi
Budget 2017: PM Modi’s housing-for-all vision likely to get a boost
The budget proposals are likely to follow up on Modi’s December 31 announcements of cheaper lending for poor and middle-class homebuyers with 4% subvention on loans up to Rs 9 lakh and 3% on those up to Rs 12 lakh.
Updated on Jan 31, 2017 09:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Revealed: How CIA tried to gather intel before 1971 India-Pakistan war
Contrary to the popular perception of the famed capabilities of the US spy agency, the CIA, had little intelligence or an accurate assessment of a crisis the American leadership was deeply interested in – the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war.
Updated on Jan 23, 2017 11:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Padma awards list features Olympians Sakshi, Sindhu, global CEOs Nadella, Pichai
Olympians PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, and CEO of Google Sundar Pichai, and Microsoft head Satya Nadella are among the Padma awardees this year.
Updated on Jan 18, 2017 08:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Delhi Police chief Alok Kumar Verma frontrunner in race to become CBI director
Delhi Police commissioner Alok Kumar Verma, a 1979 batch Indian Police Service officer, has been selected the next director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) --- and a formal announcement is expected later on Monday, government sources said.
Updated on Jan 17, 2017 10:53 AM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Appu Esthose Suresh
From the mint to organised racket? ‘Home delivery’ of new notes under I-T lens
Income tax and intelligence officials have launched an investigation to see if an organised racket “virtually home delivered” new banknotes from government presses or the central bank to people within days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapping high-value bills.
Updated on Feb 04, 2017 04:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Deposits in cooperative banks rose 6-fold in 4 days of note ban
Prime Minister Narendra Modi yanked the two banknotes out of circulation to drain illegal cash from the economy and announced a 50-day window to deposit or exchange the banned currency.
Updated on Jan 06, 2017 10:54 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
One address, 75 firms, no employees: Inside India’s domestic tax havens
Shell companies, the backbone of any shadow economy, are back in focus after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pulled out 86% of the cash in circulation in an ambitious campaign to stamp out corruption and ‘black money’.
Updated on Feb 16, 2017 07:18 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Appu Esthose Suresh
Cash crunch? Rs 242 crore in new currency seized after demonetisation
More than 85,000 new Rs 2,000 notes — enough to fill 141 ATMs — have been confiscated over suspicion that they were acquired illegally in connivance with bank officials.
Updated on Dec 10, 2016 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Appu Esthose Suresh, New Delhi
After Anil Sinha retires on Dec 3, CBI may be headless for few months
With the late night movement of the second senior most officer in the apex investigation agency RK Dutta to the post of special secretary without portfolio in the ministry of home affairs, the stage appears set for the Central Bureau of Investigation to be headless for the next few months.
Published on Nov 30, 2016 11:45 PM IST
Appu Esthose Suresh, New Delhi
Fierce dogs, trapdoors, low manpower: What the taxman faces in black money war
Income tax sleuths need to track down theirs targets, decode their secret messages and uncover evidence of money laundering, all while functioning under a severe crunch of manpower.
Updated on Nov 28, 2016 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Appu Esthose Suresh, New Delhi