MP: FIR against Medha Patkar, 11 many others for ‘misuse’ of funds
An FIR was registered from Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar and 11 many others in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district on a complaint by a villager alleging the misuse of resources gathered for managing academic amenities for tribal pupils by diverting them for “political and anti-nationwide agenda”, police mentioned on Sunday.
Patkar has dismissed the allegations versus her as “improper”, saying she had a whole account and audit of the expenditures and hinted at political good reasons driving the allegations.
Barwani superintendent of police Deepak Kumar Shukla instructed PTI above the mobile phone that a scenario was registered versus Medha Patkar and many others adhering to a private criticism, in which the complainant has supplied some paperwork.
“As the circumstance is connected to outdated transactions, a in depth investigation will be carried out,” he explained.
The FIR was registered at the Barwani law enforcement station on Saturday on the complaint of a single Pritamraj Badole, a resident of Temla Bujurg village.
Badole has alleged that Narmada Navnirman Abhiyan (NNA), a have faith in registered in Mumbai, misused cash collected for working residential educational facilities for tribal pupils of the Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, as for each the FIR.
The complainant said that the NNA had acquired Rs 13.50 crore from a variety of sources in the past 14 many years but these resources were made use of for a “political and anti-national agenda”, which needs a probe.
These named in the FIR are Medha Patkar, Parveen Rumi Jahangir, Vijaya Chouhan, Kailash Awasya, Mohan Patidar, Ashish Mandloi, Kewal Singh Vasave, Sanjay Joshi, Shyam Patil, Sunit SR, Noorji Padvi and Keshav Vasave.
“The case is relevant to two states Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The paperwork and details will be verified and all the events involved will be authorized to present their sides and information. More lawful actions will be taken as for each the points that arise all through the investigation,” the SP reported.
Rubbishing the allegations, Patkar stated she was however to acquire any information and facts on this advancement (registration of the FIR) from the police.
Patkar claimed it was not the to start with time that she was being subjected to these allegations and asserted she was prepared to reply to all of them as the entire accounts and audit of the resources have been out there.
She alleged the complainant may perhaps be affiliated with the RSS and ABVP and reiterated that her organisation does not get resources from abroad and all funds are thoroughly audited yearly.
“The funds were employed properly and the ‘jiwanshalas’ getting operate at existing have been there for the past 3 a long time. The organisation has been involved in rehabilitation for decades. It has often presented replies to these allegations with files,” Patkar reported.
The activist, however, also claimed she did not offer with cash and expenditures, which are taken care of by other functionaries.
Patkar, who claimed that a discussion is underway in the country on ‘rashtravad’ (nationalism) and “rashtradroh (treason/sedition), claimed there may be political reasons behind this scenario or it may well be a conspiracy to defame.
“People who do the right matter by asking inquiries about the method are named anti-nationals. The general public will make a decision,” she claimed.
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An FIR was registered from Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar and 11 many others in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district on a complaint by a villager alleging the misuse of resources gathered for managing academic amenities for tribal pupils by diverting them for “political and anti-nationwide agenda”, police mentioned on Sunday.
Patkar has dismissed the allegations versus her as “improper”, saying she had a whole account and audit of the expenditures and hinted at political good reasons driving the allegations.
Barwani superintendent of police Deepak Kumar Shukla instructed PTI above the mobile phone that a scenario was registered versus Medha Patkar and many others adhering to a private criticism, in which the complainant has supplied some paperwork.
“As the circumstance is connected to outdated transactions, a in depth investigation will be carried out,” he explained.
The FIR was registered at the Barwani law enforcement station on Saturday on the complaint of a single Pritamraj Badole, a resident of Temla Bujurg village.
Badole has alleged that Narmada Navnirman Abhiyan (NNA), a have faith in registered in Mumbai, misused cash collected for working residential educational facilities for tribal pupils of the Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, as for each the FIR.
The complainant said that the NNA had acquired Rs 13.50 crore from a variety of sources in the past 14 many years but these resources were made use of for a “political and anti-national agenda”, which needs a probe.
These named in the FIR are Medha Patkar, Parveen Rumi Jahangir, Vijaya Chouhan, Kailash Awasya, Mohan Patidar, Ashish Mandloi, Kewal Singh Vasave, Sanjay Joshi, Shyam Patil, Sunit SR, Noorji Padvi and Keshav Vasave.
“The case is relevant to two states Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The paperwork and details will be verified and all the events involved will be authorized to present their sides and information. More lawful actions will be taken as for each the points that arise all through the investigation,” the SP reported.
Rubbishing the allegations, Patkar stated she was however to acquire any information and facts on this advancement (registration of the FIR) from the police.
Patkar claimed it was not the to start with time that she was being subjected to these allegations and asserted she was prepared to reply to all of them as the entire accounts and audit of the resources have been out there.
She alleged the complainant may perhaps be affiliated with the RSS and ABVP and reiterated that her organisation does not get resources from abroad and all funds are thoroughly audited yearly.
“The funds were employed properly and the ‘jiwanshalas’ getting operate at existing have been there for the past 3 a long time. The organisation has been involved in rehabilitation for decades. It has often presented replies to these allegations with files,” Patkar reported.
The activist, however, also claimed she did not offer with cash and expenditures, which are taken care of by other functionaries.
Patkar, who claimed that a discussion is underway in the country on ‘rashtravad’ (nationalism) and “rashtradroh (treason/sedition), claimed there may be political reasons behind this scenario or it may well be a conspiracy to defame.
“People who do the right matter by asking inquiries about the method are named anti-nationals. The general public will make a decision,” she claimed.
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