FCRA case: CBI to question NGOs

May 17, 2016 20:33

The Central Bureau of Investigation is expected to question representatives of NGOs whose names have cropped up during its probe against a Home Ministry official Anand Joshi who was allegedly issuing notices of foreign remittances violations to voluntary groups in an arbitrary manner.

CBI sources said the agency on Tuesday visited the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act wing of the home ministry to look for records related to the case which will be taken over by the agency.

The agency has alleged that the files of organisations like Care India, Snehalya Charitable Trust, Indian HIV/AIDS Alliance and All India Primary Teachers Federation were recovered from him.

The sources said role of other officials of home ministry is also under scanner but any action will depend on questioning of Joshi, an Under Secretary, and scrutiny of records.

The CBI claims that the representatives of some of these organisations were called and Joshi demanded and obtained illegal gratification.

The sources said Joshi would be confronted with the records seized by the agency from the home ministry.

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