Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made a big and shocking revelation regarding the ‘Guljhar-e-Raza’ funding case in the Legislative Council. The Chief Minister said that this controversial institution was getting funding at the international level. Seeing the seriousness of the matter, now the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) has also started a parallel investigation of this case.
The Chief Minister informed the House that about Rs 25 lakh had been deposited in the account linked to Guljhar-e-Raza by an international organization named ‘Dawate Islami’. Taking immediate action, the investigating agencies have so far frozen about 4 accounts related to this. Investigation has also revealed that some money was withdrawn from these accounts by transferring it to different accounts, which is being tracked.
400 drop boxes and more than 18 thousand donors
Throwing light on the method of raising funds, CM Fadnavis said that in the last 4 years, about 400 drop boxes were placed in 4 districts of the state. This huge fund was collected from 18,573 donors through these boxes. However, complete information of all donors is not available. The work of identification and verification of those who have given money through check or other bank means is going on.
Fear of misuse of funds worth Rs 4 crore
After a new angle of funding from foreign and controversial institutions came to light, ATS is investigating this matter in depth. In the initial investigation, it is feared that this huge fund of about Rs 4 crore deposited by Guljhar-e-Raza may have been used for some suspicious or different purposes.
At present, all the concerned suspicious accounts have been sealed and every transaction done so far is being investigated in detail.