Illegal transactions of around ₹ 2 crore routed through hawala channels have been found, said the agency after searches in Delhi, Rajasthan, Chennai, Mysore, among others.
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. 120 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.
Ten people, including five government officials, have been detained for taking bribe on behalf of non-profits for allegedly facilitating violations of rules in receiving foreign donations, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said Monday after a big nationwide crackdown across 40 locations.
The operation was launched after a complaint from the Union Home Ministry to the CBI in this regards, a home ministry spokesperson said.
The Home Ministry officials, say CBI sources, gave illegal Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) clearances to Non-Governmental Organisation or NGOs in exchange of bribe.
The sources added that public officials from the Home Ministry, NGO representatives and middleman were caught red-handed receiving bribe for securing foreign funding clearances. Twelve NGOs are under investigation, said the premier investigation agency.Illegal transactions of around ₹ 2 crore routed through hawala channels have been found, said the agency after searches in Delhi, Rajasthan, Chennai, Mysore, among others.
