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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary charge sheet against Amnesty International India Pvt Ltd (AIIPL), its former executive director Aakar Patel, and six other individuals and entities before a special court, people in the know said...
The agency - which had booked the human rights NGO and the rest of the accused for alleged Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) violations by committing irregularities in foreign funding in 2019 - has completed its probe in the case, it is reliably learnt...
Besides Amnesty and Patel, the other accused are then AIIPL directors Shobha Mathai, Nandini Anand Basappa, and Minar Vasudeo Pimple, then head of operations Mohan Premananda Mundkur, its authorised signatory Raj Kishor Kapil, and Indians For Amnesty International Trust (IAIT)..
As per available information, the CBI has alleged that Amnesty International India received foreign funding when it did not possess a licence under the FCRA, which is mandatory for receiving foreign grants..
The agency alleged that Amnesty International (UK) had invested 10 crore in AIIPL on September 24, 2015, classified as compulsory convertible debentures (CCD), which was shown in the balance sheet and income tax returns as 'long term borrowings'..
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