New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against human rights activist Teesta Setalvad over foreign funding. Teesta has been booked for allegedly taking foreign funds without government's permission.
The crime branch of police has attached the accounts of Setalvad, her husband Javed Anand and two of their NGOs.
Setalvad had in June moved the Gujarat High Court seeking to de-freeze her bank accounts. The accounts were attached in a case in which she is accused of collecting Rs 1.51 crore for a museum for Gulberg Housing Society riot victims but misusing the money.
A metropolitan court had in November 2014 rejected the plea to de-freeze the accounts. Setalvad moved the HC but the appeal was filed 90 days after the order, so she is seeking condonation of delay.
Setalvad is known for championing the cause of 2002 post-Godhra riot victims in Gujarat.
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