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NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a case of alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act against activist Harsh Mander.
The agency conducted searches at the human rights activist’s residence and NGO ‘Aman Biradari‘.
According to the home ministry, Aman Biradari is non-FCRA organisation.
The CBI has registered the FIR against Mander and the Centre for Equity Studies (CES) for violation of various provisions of the FCRA.
“A report by the Centre for Equity Studies in collaboration with Delhi Research Group and ‘Karwan-E-Mohabbat’ was published by CES in June 2020. Karwan-e Mohabbat is a campaign run under the non-FCRA association Aman Biradari Trust (ABT), which is closely associated with Centre of Equity Studies and Harsh Mander,” the ministry alleged.
Mander was a member of Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the erstwhile UPA government.
– With agency inputs
The agency conducted searches at the human rights activist’s residence and NGO ‘Aman Biradari‘.
According to the home ministry, Aman Biradari is non-FCRA organisation.
The CBI has registered the FIR against Mander and the Centre for Equity Studies (CES) for violation of various provisions of the FCRA.
“A report by the Centre for Equity Studies in collaboration with Delhi Research Group and ‘Karwan-E-Mohabbat’ was published by CES in June 2020. Karwan-e Mohabbat is a campaign run under the non-FCRA association Aman Biradari Trust (ABT), which is closely associated with Centre of Equity Studies and Harsh Mander,” the ministry alleged.
Mander was a member of Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council during the erstwhile UPA government.
– With agency inputs
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