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Unmasking Teesta Setalvad: Here's why her NGO

has lost its FCRA registration
SanjaySingh(http://www.firstpost.com/author/sanjay)Jun17,201609:44IST
#FCRA(http://www.firstpost.com/tag/fcra)#GulbargSociety(http://www.firstpost.com/tag/gulbarg
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ThecancellationofFCRA(ForeignContributionRegulationAct)registrationof
SabrangTrustisbigblowtoTeestaSetalvadandhersecularistpatronsandfollowers,
bothinsideandoutsideofthecountry.EventheUnitedNations'humanrightsexperts
haveurgedIndiatorepeal(http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?
NewsID=54246#.V2OKGtJ97IV)thelawrestrictingcivilsocietyaccesstoforeign
funding.
Teestaandherhusband,JavedAnanddespitetheirdocumentedactsofomissionand
commission,siphoningoffofmoneyforpersonalgainshaveforlongbeentakenas
movingliberalistsecularistmascot.Afterall,thecouplekeptwoundsofthe2002
Gujaratriotsaliveandusedallpossiblemeansunderthesuntosomehowimplicate
NarendraModi(http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/narendramodiprofile
20711.html)andhavehimundercriminaltrialforcomplicityintheriots.
However,whenchargeswerelevelledagainstthembytheauthorities,herbackersand
sympathisersplayedthe"victimcard",madenoisesofvendettaandchargedtheModi
governmentoftotalintolerancetowardsvoicesofdissent.
Thekeyquestionhereis

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After Alka Lamba, Shazia Ilmi and

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shouldnoactionbetaken
againsther?Whydoesany
actionbythepresent
governmentisdubbedas
"vendetta"whenTeestahas
filedcasesaftercasesagainst
NarendraModi

(http://s3.firstpost.in/wp
FilephotoofTeestaSetalvad.AFP
content/uploads/2016/05/teestasetalvadAFP.jpg)

(http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/narendramodiprofile20711.html)?Should
Teestaandherhusbandbetreateddifferentlyunderthelawbecausetheyfallinthe

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UnmaskingTeesta
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fcraregistration
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bracketofsocalledliberalistsecularistwhochallengeda"communalist"Narendra
ModisregimeinGujarat?
TheForeignersdivision,FCRAwing,ofMinistryofHomeAffairs(MHA)initsorder

says,basedoninformationreceivedfromoursourcesandscrutinyofvariousrecordsof
theTrustavailablewithFirstpost,primafacieviolationsofvariousprovisionsofFCRA
wasnoticed.Anonsiteinspectionoraraidwasconductedofbooksandaccountsand
recordsfrom911June2015atitsJuhuTaraoffice.On9SeptemberFCRAregistration

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ofsuspendedandashowcausenoticeissuedtoTeestaSetalvadandherhusbandJaved

utm_source=fp_top_internal)

Aanand.Theyweregiven,whichMHAsaysaspertheirrequest,apersonalhearingon
11April2016.On16June,theregistrationwascancelledwithimmediateeffect.
ConsidersomeoftheFCRAviolationsdonebyTeestaandJavedAnand
1.TeestatrustSabrangmadedirectpaymentofaroundRs12lakhfromFCRA
designatedaccounttoCityBankandUnionBankofIndiaforcreditcardpaymentsof
cardsbelongingtoTeestaandhusbandJavedAnand.ThemoneyaspertheMHAorder
wasusedpurelyforpersonalgains.Theforeigncontributionswentthecouplepersonal
expenditurelikedininginhotels,foodtakeawaysorderedatresidence,cakesand
sweetsfrompremiumoutletsandalsoonsundryitems,sanitarynapkins,etc.Thatwas
inclearviolationofSection8(1)ofFCRA2010.
2.Theyspentupto65percentoftheFCRAamountonadministrativeexpenses,
somethingwhichisnotallowedasperthelaw.

(http://www.firstpost.com/business/pm
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harassment2839954.html?
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3.Section3(1)(B)(H)ofFCRAsayscorrespondents,columnists,cartoonists,editor,
ownersareincludedunderSabrangCommunicationsandPublishingPrivateLimited.
TeestaandJavedAnandarechieffunctionaries/TrusteesofSabrangTrustandalso
workasdirector,coeditors,printers,publishersofSabrangcommunicationswhich
publishedamagazinecommunalismcombat.Bothentitiesfunctionedfromsame
premiseswithsamesetofstaff,infrastructureandotherresources.
4.IttransferredaroundRs2.50lakhfromSabrangforeigncontributionaccountto
domesticaccount,whichisliabletotreatedasmisutilisationoffunds.
5.Bulkpurchaseofsmsforpropagandathroughforeignfund.
6.WhileSabrungwasregisteredforeducationalandsocialpurposes,itreceivedand
spentsubstantiveamountofforeigncontributionunderculturalhead.
7.EvenJavedAnandsinternationalmedicalpolicyforattendingaLahoreConference

(http://www.firstpost.com/sports/nba
finalsgame6goestolebronjames
andclevelandcavaliers115101as
stephcurryejected2839832.html?
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waspaidbyforeigncontribution.Samewasthecaseforhistravelrelatedexpensesand
purchaseofbooksforattendingaPUCLconference.
Therearereportsthat
(http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150715/jsp/nation/story_31670.jsp#.V2MH47t97IW)

Teesta'sSabrangCommunicationsandPublishing,whichisnotregisteredunderFCRA,
receivedd$290,000fromtheUSbasedFordFoundationbetween2004and2014
withoutthegovernmentapproval.TheFordFoundationwassubsequentlyputonthe
watchlistfollowingaGujaratgovernmentcomplaintthatitwasinterferinginIndia's
"internalaffairs"andencouragingTeesta'sNGOstopromote"communaldisharmony"

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Teesta'snationalorinternationalfamecameaftershe,herhusbandandsomeothers
formedanNGO"CitizensforJusticeandPeace(CJP)"inApril2002.TheCPJbeganto
litigateinvariouscourtsagainsttheallegedcomplicityoftheNarendraModiandother
personsinauthorityinGujaratgovernment.ButthezealtosomehownailModiandin
theprocessmakepersonalmonetarygains(fameinanycasebyabyproduct)madeher
strayfromthepathusewhatevermeanstoachievethosegoals.
Thoughtherearecasesagainsther,GujaratPolicecantarrestherfornowbecauseshe
hasgotinterimprotectionfromSupremeCourtwhereshehadfiledanappealafter
GujaratHighCourtrejectedheranticipatorybailapplication.
Thechargesofmisappropriationoffundsforpersonalgainsandtutoringwitnesses,
eveningputtingupfalsewitnessesagainstherislongbuttheyareinthelegaldomains
andarestillbeingfoughtincourtsandunderscrutinyofrelevantauthorities.
Considersomeofthechargesagainsther,madebyhererstwhileassociatesandfindings
ofSupremeCourtmonitoredSIT.
FirsttocomeoutagainstherwasZaheeraSheikh,agirlwhoforsometimehadbecome
faceofriotsurvivorandkeywitnessinBestBakerycase.Zaheera,however,waslater
chargedofperjury.
ThebigblowforTeestacameinApril2009whenTimesofIndiapublished

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(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NGOsTeestaspicedupGujaratriot
incidentsSIT/articleshow/4396986.cms?referral=PM)areportclaimingthatthe
SupremeCourtconstitutedSpecialInvestigationTeam(SIT)onGujaratriotcaseshad
submittedbeforetheCourtthatTeestaSetalvadhadcookedupcasesofviolenceto

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spiceuptheincidents.TheSITwhichisheadedbyformerCBIdirector,RKRaghavan
hassaidthatfalsewitnessesweretutoredtogiveevidenceaboutimaginaryincidentsby
TeestaSetalvadandotherNGOs.TheSITchargedherof"cookingupmacabretalesof
killings".
Thecourtwastold(http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politicsand
nation/setalvadindockforcookingupkillings/articleshow/4397849.cms)that22
witnesses,whohadsubmittedidenticalaffidavitsbeforevariouscourtsrelatingtoriot
incidents,werequestionedbySITanditwasfoundthatthewitnesseshadnotactually
witnessedtheincidentsandtheyweretutoredandtheaffidavitswerehandedoverto

thembySetalvad.
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SupremeCourtallegingmanipulationofevidence,whichwereintheformofstatements
ofwitnesses,byherinfivesensitivepostGodhrariotcases.Heallegedthathewas
employedtoconvincewitnessestogivestatementsinriotcases,Khanwasquotedas
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toSC/articleshow/10936983.cms?referral=PM),"Onthebasisofhundredsofsuch
falseandfabricatedaffidavitspreparedbyCJP,theSupremeCourtconsideredto
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mintingmoneyinriotvictimsname_832249.html)ewhichvirtuallyunmaskedTeesta
camein2013when12residentsoftheGulbargSocietyaccusedherofcollecting

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survivingvictims,inaseparatelettertothecityPoliceCommissioner,havealsosought
abanontheNGOfromorganisingannualeventonFebruary28asamarkofsolidarity
tothepeoplewholosttheirlivesduringthe2002riots.
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