NewDelhi: Congress leader Kapil Sibal received money from radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) for anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, sources told.
Among other beneficiaries, noted Supreme Court lawyer Indira Jaising, Dushyant A Dave and Abdul Samand are said to have received the fund. The source said that senior Congress leader Sibal received 77 lakh while Jaising received 4 lakh. Rs 11 lakh was transferred into the bank account of Dushyant A Dave and Rs 3.10 lakh to Abdul Samand. The transactions were carried out from Bahraich, Bijnaur, Hapur and Shamli of Uttar Pradesh.
The transaction worth Rs 120 crore is said to have taken place in a total 73 bank accounts by the PFI, said the sources.
These facts have come to fore during the analysis of 73 bank accounts of Popular Front of India (PFI). The scrutiny of transactions, as recorded in these bank accounts, revealed that Rs 120.5 crore was credited in these accounts and the same was withdrawn on the same day or within two to three days, leaving the very nominal balance in these accounts.
It has been noticed that Rs 1.04 crore was deposited in 15 banks of PFI (10) and Rehab India (5) during the period starting from December 4, 2019 till January 6, 2020. The deposits were in the forms of IMPS using mobile and deposit amounts vary from Rs 5,000 to Rs 49,000. The amount of deposit was kept below Rs 50,000 in order for the disclosure of the identity of the depositor.
The source made another shocking revelation stating that 9 offices of PFI and related organisations have also been opened in the Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area to fund the ongoing protest against the CAA.
Reacting over the expose, senior BJP leader Vinay Katiyar said that the anti-CAA protest is going on in a planned way, but the Modi government will not spare anyone involved in the instigating people against the latest law.
Bureau Report
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