Mumbai, Teesta Setalvad is already infamous and in suspicion for
being dishonest with the Muslim witnesses in Gujarat riots cases
and using her aides for illegal route to win legal battle. For
several years, Setalvad is relentlessly trying every method to
defame Gujarat CM Narendra Modi by submitting false testimony to
the Judiciary about Gujarat riots. But now the ‘hunter’ is in
position to be hunted. Teesta has been caught in another cloud of
suspicion. New facts have emerged about the misdeeds in ‘Trusts’ in
which activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand are main
Trustees.
It is revealed that Citizens for Justice & Peace (CJP), a
Mumbai based NGO, has received whooping Rs 1.56 Crore foreign fund
in its FCRA Account No-014104000204736 with IDBI Bank, Khar Branch,
Mumbai from January 2009 till June 2012 and another Rs 1.15 Crores
in Sabrang Trust in 2009 in which i.e. Rs 2.71 Crores in just 3
years. Both Trusts are under suspicion because of the activities of
their Trustees.
Donations for ‘causes’ turned to fixed deposits &
personal account : In the recent years, out of Rs
1.56 Crores received by CJP towards foreign donation, an amount of
Rs 25.50 Lacks was transferred in the Fixed Deposit Account on
various dates, Rs 27.75 Lacks transferred to another account of
CJP, over Rs 4 Lacks transferred in the name of Teesta Setalvad and
Rs 1.60 Lacks to Sabrang Communications & Publishing Pvt Ltd which
is a company owned by Setalvad engaged in publishing her
Communalism Combat magazine, Rs 2.04 Lacks transferred in Account
No-014104000105705.
In the permission granted under FCRA to CJP by the Govt of
India, the Ministry of Home Affairs, on 21/11/07 it was clearly
mentioned that “The bank account mentioned in your application
should be used for receiving foreign contribution and no other
amount should be credited to this account”. However a local
donation of Rs 10 Lakhs was deposited by CJP in this FCRA account
received from The Chatwal Groups by cheque no.376284 dated 26/02/09
and Rs 2 Lacks were also deposited received from Saurya Foundation,
which was a clear violation of condition mentioned in the FCRA
registration.
Teesta and her husband violate another FCRA
rule : Another condition of the FCRA permission was
that “The association cannot bring out any publication (Registered
under PRB Act 1867) or act as Correspondent, Columnist, Editor,
Printer or Publisher of a registered news paper” It is an open fact
that Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand are Editors of Communalism
Combat (CC) magazine which is registered with the Registrar of
Newspapers, also called the Press Registrar, who maintains a
Register of Newspapers and Periodicals published in India.
Setalwad’s other company Sabrang Communications & Publishing Pvt
Ltd is the printer & publisher of this magazine.
Teesta and Javed Anand being Editors, Columnist and Printer &
Publisher of a magazine have also violated this condition of FCRA
permission which attracts provision of section 4(1) (b) of FCRA Act
which is punishable under Section 6(1) and/or Under Section 23 (1)
of the FCRA, 1976.
Fund received for one cause used for another
: Most surprisingly, Javed Anand, one of the trustees of CJP
and husband of Teesta Setalvad has claimed that the grant received
by CJP from UNVFVT, for victims of torture “was spent towards legal
aid to the survivors of the communal carnage in Gujarat 2002”. On
scrutiny of FCRA account of CJP, another fact has emerged that,
although CJP has received $71,000 (Rs.32.56 Lacks) from UNVFVT
towards providing legal aid to the survivors of the communal
violence in Gujarat but only a meager amount of Rs 46,530 was paid
on legal work from this account.
Crores of donations to Teesta: To keep Gujarat
burning? : It is not understandable that how the
so-called social activist has managed to receive thousands of
crores as foreign remittance in her two institutions namely CJP &
Sabrang Trust in just few years. Is it only to keep Gujarat burning
in flames of hatred between the two communities and to demonize
Chief Minister Narendra Modi? As the facts are being revealed and
Court Orders are coming out, unfortunately the visible answer shows
affirmative answer to the above said claim.
Teesta Setalvad is racking the issue of 2002 Gujarat riots in
the national and international forums and seeking donations in the
name of helping riots victims from the last several years.
It is reported that, the major amounts received by CJP in its
FCRA account are $19,000 (Rs 8,67,330.00) on 30/01/09 from the Ian
Anderson Group of company Ltd , €10,000 ( Rs 6,95,500) on 23/11/09
from HIVOS, Netherland , $15,000 (Rs.6,97,768.00) on 15/06/10 from
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (UNVFVT),
$20,000 (Rs.9,33,465.00) on 02/09/2010 from (UNVFVT) ,
$36,000 (Rs.16,24,497.00) on 28/02/11 from (UNVFVT) . An amount of
Rs 12, 38,208.76 (Appx $25,000) was also credited in the above
account of CJP on 15/06/12 in which name of donor is not disclosed.
Ian Anderson Group of company of USA which is purely a music
company has paid $19,000 to CJP.
A report about financial transactions of Teesta Setalvad and
her ‘Trusts’ has been prepared by Parixita Rathod, Dy. Commissioner
of Police (Zone-V) of Ahmedabad city. Report confirms that all
above said information about CJP is sent by Ms. Teesta Setalvad
through letter and e mails.
Ford Foundation pampering Teesta’s ‘Sabrang’
: Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand are running
"Sabrang Trust" also based at Mumbai in which they have received $
2,50,000 ( Appr Rs 1,15 crores) from Ford Foundation, USA in
2009 for "Peace building activities in Gujarat & Maharashtra".
Before that, in 2004 Teesta Setalvad managed to get $90,000 from
Ford Foundation to address communalism and caste-based
discrimination in India through action research, web-based
information dissemination, development of civil society networks
and media strategies. Similarly in 2006 Sabrang Communications
received $200,000, to address communalism and caste-based
discrimination in India through active research, web-based
information dissemination, development of civil society networks
and media strategies.
Teesta Setalvad twisted the truth and misguided the Judiciary
and the Nation for years, only to execute a single point agenda to
vilify Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. Now it’s her turn to confess
before the Nation.
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