Investigations

Despite the ban, the dehumanising practice of manual scavenging is still carried out in various parts of the country. The Probe takes a deep dive. We bring to you this heart rending story from the heart of the national capital.

In an interview with The Probe, Amardeep Sharma, the owner of the Cayman Islands-registered Almas Global Opportunity Fund (AGOF), claimed that the entity was eligible to bid for the government-owned helicopter service provider Pawan Hans Limited. He also asserted that the fund had no connection to Kudakwashe Reginald Tagwirei – a controversial businessman from Zimbabwe who has been sanctioned by the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom. In our latest story on the privatisation of the government’s helicopter service provider, several questions about AGOF and how the Indian government is attempting to privatise Pawan Hans are raised.

Local communities express strong displeasure over the environment report and protest against the chemical complex. Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Limited (GHCL) responds to The Probe on the proposed complex.

Nearly 500 families of farmers have been waiting for compensation for the last eight years after their land was acquired by the Army in Karewa Damodar near Srinagar Airport. The Probe’s Raja Muzaffar has accessed exclusive documents that show how the farmers have not been paid the compensation they deserved for their agricultural land.

A postal department employee turns whistleblower and seeks justice. CCTV footage and the interim report of J&K Crime Branch expose wrongdoings by government officials.

As many as five government officials have been booked by Odisha Police for alleged counterfeiting of signatures of Adivasi people whose lands have been earmarked for expanding a private mining project. 

In this investigative story, Ayaskant Das explains why Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary’s expansion has been hanging fire for years, even as a gold mining project in the adjacent forest is seeing rapid progress.

“Kill, Burn, and Slaughter shouted Pradeep Mordhiya (one of the key convicts in the Bilkis Bano case) as he ran with a mob behind me” - Samriddhi Sakunia speaks to victims of terror who fled their hometown in fear and pain