The CBI is all set to examine senior officials of some NGOs as part of its investigations into the corruption case against Anand Joshi, under-secretary with the Union ministry of home affairs.
The CBI is all set to examine senior officials of some NGOs as part of its investigations into the corruption case against Anand Joshi, under-secretary with the Union ministry of home affairs.
The CBI had on May 9 registered a corruption case against Mr Joshi for allegedly issuing Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) notices arbitrarily to several NGOs for financial gains.
Sources said, “The agency sleuths on Tuesday visited the FCRA wing of the home ministry and scrutinised files related to some NGOs which were handled by Joshi when he was posted in the ministry. The agency will soon take possession of those files.” Sources said the role of other officials of the home ministry is also under the scanner.
The CBI had on Sunday arrested Mr Joshi, who went missing from his residence last week after leaving behind a note. A case was slapped against Mr Joshi and some other unnamed persons for allegedly indulging in corrupt practices and arbitrarily issuing notices to several NGOs, registered under FCRA, which were receiving foreign contributions, including activist Teesta Setalvad’s Sabrang Trust.
Mr Joshi rejected the charge and instead accused his seniors of pressuring him to give a clean chit to NGOs. In a note which he had left before leaving home, Mr Joshi claimed he had been subjected to mental harassment in recent months.
In the Hindi note addressing his wife, Mr Joshi had said, “I have been going through extremely high mental harassment for the past few months but now the situation has got out of hand. At this moment I need peace and that is not possible here.”
