The Strange Case That Its Testing Teesta
While we celebrate Shivaji Jayanti in Mumbai, city's braveheart couple Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand, will be crossing their fingers for a Supreme Court intervention. Teesta and Javed have been accused of misappropriating funds collected for "Museum of Resistance" which was to come up at the Gulberg Society in Gujarat, where 69 people including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was killed during Godhra riots. Several numbers have been thrown up but on Tuesday activists gathered under the banner of "Hum Azadiyon Ke Haq Mein," and provided details of the case to the media. Some major points: "On 15-16th December 2014 and 5-6th January 2015 both Teesta and Javed appeared before Ahmadabad police and responded to all their queries. This was the first time ever they were asked to present themselves for questioning.
The complaint is filed with respect of fraudulent use of donations collected for the "Museum of Resistance" of amount Rs. 432,460.00. This amount continues to be in the accounts of Sabrang trust and has not been spent on anything as of now. All the accounts of Sabrang trust as well as CJP have been submitted for all these years to Charity Commissioner, Home Ministry, Income Tax authorities, donor agencies and two sets of auditors. None of the above ever raised any objections to the accounts submitted." Tushar Gandhi, along with Anand Patwardhan, Dilip D'Souza and Sandhya, addressed the media. He said it reminded him of the Emergency days, which was "at least officially declared."