Today The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI raided the house and office of activist Teesta Setalvad, who has been accused of illegally receiving funds from abroad. 16 CBI officers conducted raids in Mumbai. Teesta said she did not understand why the raids had been ordered when she had written to the CBI offering full cooperation in the matter.
“This is vendetta by the BJP. They are trying to humiliate us,” she told media.
Last week, the CBI booked a case against Ms Setalvad and her organization Sabrang for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act in receiving funds from abroad without seeking the home ministry’s permission.
In the FIR, the agency also named Ms Setalvad’s husband Javed Anand and Gulam Mohammed Peshimam, both directors in Sabrang Communications and Publishing based in Santacruz, Mumbai.
