The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday raided the workplace of analysis and advocacy organisation Centre for Fairness Research and the house of its director, activist Harsh Mander, individuals acquainted with the developments stated.
The raids had been carried out in a recent case of alleged violations of the International Contribution (Regulation) Act, Scroll has learnt. The Central Bureau of Investigation has questioned a number of individuals in reference to the case as a part of its preliminary enquiry.
Officers from the central company first arrived on the workplace of Centre for Fairness Research in Delhi’s Adchini space, after which at Mander’s residence within the Vasant Kunj space.
“My life and my work are my solely response,” Mander stated after the raids.
In June, the Union residence ministry had suspended the suppose tank’s International Contribution (Regulation) Act licence for 180 days. The ministry had stated that Mander was usually writing columns for publications comparable to The Indian Specific, The Hindu, The Wire, the Hindustan Instances, The Quint and Scroll.
The federal government alleged that Mander accepted overseas contributions amounting to Rs 12,64,671 from 2011-’12 to 2017-’18 as “skilled receipts/funds from the FCRA account of the affiliation [Centre for Equity Studies]”. This, the house ministry stated, violated the International Contribution (Regulation) Act.
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