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New Delhi:The Enforcement Directorate (ED) alerted the Centre in August last year about alleged violation of forex regulations by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regarding donations worth Rs 7.04 crore from individuals abroad whose details were either not provided in entirety or concealed, ThePrint has learnt...
Additionally, it had also apprised the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) of the duplication of donors details such as passport numbers, mobile numbers and email addresses done allegedly to hide the real details of the donors as well as diversion of funds to the personal bank accounts of the party functionaries including Rajendra Nagar MLA Durgesh Pathak...
The incriminating documents revealed receipt of foreign donations amounting to $1,19,000, which Khaira allegedly admitted the party received through fundraising campaigns in the US between 2015 and 2016 before the 2017 Punjab election, according to the ED sources...
The sources said the MHA was informed about the findings of the analysis of data provided by Gupta in which the ED found that 155 individuals used only 55 passport numberson 404 occasions to donate approximately Rs. 1.02 crore, while 71 donors on 256 occasions donated approximately Rs 1 crore..
E-mails exchanged by several volunteers with AAP functionaries such as Aniket Saxena (coordinator of AAP Overseas India), Kumar Vishwas(the then convenor of AAP Overseas India), Kapil Bhardwaj and Pathak were scanned for their contents, the sources said...
