Rana Ayyub Files Petition before The Supreme Court Regarding Money Laundering Case against Her
- Posted on January 18, 2023
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- By Akta Yadav
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Current Developments Rana Ayyub, a columnist for the Washington Post has been facing charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a court at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.Rana Ayyub has moved the Supreme Court today (17th January 2023), through her advocate, Vrinda Grover, against the summons which was issued by the Ghaziabad Court in the same case. The Supreme Court has agreed to listen to Rana Ayyub on 23rd January 2023.
The Supreme Court What are the Charges against Rana Ayyub? The case against journalist Rana Ayyub has been filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after the ED had completed an elaborate investigation into the matter when it received a complaint in September 2021. Initially, the FIR had been lodged under 3 statutes- the Indian Penal Code, the Black Money Act and the Information Technology Act. The primary allegation against Rana Ayyub is that she had been raising funds on Ketto, an online fundraising platform, from the general public on the pretext that she would be using the money raised for the purpose of helping COVID patients. However, the funds acquired were not used for any charitable purpose. The second allegation is that Rana Ayyub has not registered herself under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), but does receive foreign contributions as well in violation of requisite laws. The Supreme Court The charges against Rana Ayyub are indeed serious since the investigators have found that a total of 2.7 Crores out of which only 29 lakhs were used for charity. The Ghaziabad Court has provided 27th January 2023 as the date of summons and hence, the Supreme Court agreed to list the matter on priority. Do visit our website for such more news, facts, article where we share The True Stories of The World, The TopStoriesWorld.Com