New Delhi: In a massive nation-wide crackdown on not-for-profit organizations flouting foreign funding law, the Central Bureau of Investigation is raiding middlemen and public servants in 40 locations across India, including in Delhi, Mumbai, Rajasthan, Chennai, and Mysore, among others. 12 NGOs have been raided by the federal investigation agency.
Over 10 people have been caught red-handed receiving bribes and arrested. Of them, six are public servants, including some Home Ministry officials.
Illegal transactions of almost Rs 2 crore, routed through hawala channels, have been seized, the agency said.
The federal agency, which received input from the Union Home Ministry about the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, or FCRA, violations, is now questioning those arrested so far.
The Home Ministry received information that certain public servants, middlemen and Hawala operators were involved in felicitating the inflow of foreign funds to the NGOs illegally, sources told India Today TV.
This information was forwarded to the CBI, who was asked to take the necessary action against all those involved.
After learning about the suspected FCRA violations, top officials of the Home Ministry met Amit Shah, who directed them to take strict action against those involved, sources told India Today TV.
The CBI, after a preliminary enquiry, identified the NGOs, public servants, hawala operators and began raids at over 40 locations across the country today. India Today
