Author: K Ashish
On the release of former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s memoir Four Stars of Destiny, many serious political questions have been raised. The question is whether the book has been published or not. New Delhi Post has examined the statements given in Parliament and by the government. New Delhi Post found that apart from online resources, the book is easily available in hard copy in the physical marketplace, which common people can buy and read. The investigation also reveals that the statements made about the book by the Lok Sabha Speaker, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Gen Naravane himself…
For over two decades, Cobrapost has stood at the forefront of India’s most consequential investigative journalism, exposing corruption, corporate malfeasance and institutional decay, often at high personal and professional cost. From the cash-for-questions sting that shook Parliament in 2005 to landmark investigations into defence procurement, banking fraud, media ethics and Big Tech manipulation, its work has repeatedly forced uncomfortable reckonings within India’s power structures. In this wide-ranging interview, Cobrapost’s founder and editor Aniruddha Bahal speaks candidly about the origins of the newly launched “Lootwallahs” series, an ambitious investigation into how Indian corporates systematically siphon off public money through complex, often…
For decades, Dawood Ibrahim, India’s most wanted fugitive and the mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai bombings, has remained a ghost in the eyes of Indian authorities. Operating from Pakistan, Dubai and London, he was long thought to have lain low, maintaining a careful distance from India. But a deep investigation by New Delhi Post reveals that the don has strategically re-entered India by reasserting his business interests in gambling, betting and corporate sectors through a sophisticated web of global syndicates, offshore companies and loyal henchmen. Dawood Ibrahim is back in India. Not with guns and bombs, but through a sprawling,…
India’s online gaming industry has turned into the new gold rush, drawing in not just corporate giants such as Ambani and Adani, or Kavin Bharti Mittal, son of telecom tycoon Sunil Mittal, but even fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Their playbook looks strikingly alike: deep ties with cricket and the BCCI, siphoning dirty money through illegal betting, routing payments via cryptocurrency and black routes and often dipping into match-fixing. Following the New Delhi Post exposé titled “Dream11—Devil of Fraud: Inside a Billion Dollar Money Laundering Empire”, in its inaugural issue in July, the government enacted the Promotion and Regulation of…
Behind the Fantasy: How Dream11 Engineered an Offshore Network of Round-Tripping, Sham Valuations, and FDI Violations K. Ashish What economic offense hasn’t Dream11 allegedly committed? In the annals of India’s financial misdemeanors, after Harshad Mehta, the next name that may well be etched in bold is Dream11. What do you call a company registered overseas that, as far back as 2015, allegedly bypassed all FDI regulations and funneled 100% foreign direct investment into India—without scrutiny, without consequence? Today, Dream11 stands accused of being involved in round-tripping and money laundering, in a manner that raises serious questions about regulatory oversight and…
