ED quizzes ex-CEO of Life Mission mission in FCRA violation case

By PTI

KOCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated the previous CEO of Life Mission mission, U V Jose, in reference to its probe into alleged violation of Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act within the Kerala authorities’s flagship scheme for offering homes to the poor.

The company questioned Jose for almost 9 hours on the workplace right here on Friday in reference to the Kerala authorities’s Life Mission mission at Wadakkanchery in Thrissur district of Kerala.

Meanwhile, CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan mentioned his social gathering was under no circumstances linked to M Sivasankar, the previous principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Govindan accused some individuals of making an attempt to hyperlink Sivasankar with the social gathering.

“Let them arrest him (Sivasankar). He was arrested earlier also. We are not in any way linked to  Sivasankar. Some people are trying to link him with us. And it’s purely politics,” Govindan advised the reporters.

On Thursday, the company had interrogated the chartered accountant, who was related to Sivasankar, in reference to the case.

The CA had allegedly helped Swapna Suresh, a key accused within the gold smuggling by way of diplomatic channel case, to open a financial institution locker to maintain the fee acquired from the mission. A particular courtroom right here had on Wednesday despatched Sivasankar to five-day ED custody.

The CBI had in 2020 filed an FIR in a Kochi courtroom below Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010 on a grievance by the then Wadakancherry Congress MLA Anil Akkara itemizing Santosh Eappen, Managing Director of Unitac Builder, Kochi as the primary accused and Sane Ventures because the second accused.

The two firms had undertaken the development primarily based on the settlement entered with them by Red Crescent, a world humanitarian motion, which had agreed to supply Rs 20 crore in direction of the Life Mission mission.

The Congress has been alleging that there was corruption concerned within the number of the contractor by Red Crescent.

The alleged FCRA violation and corruption within the mission had snowballed into a significant political problem at the moment with opposition events charging that Suresh had admitted earlier than an NIA courtroom that she had acquired Rs 1 crore as fee from the mission.

She had reportedly claimed that the cash was meant for Sivasankar.

However, the Life Mission CEO had submitted earlier than the courtroom that Unitac and Sane Ventures had undertaken the development primarily based on the settlement entered into with them by Red Crescent and had straight accepted international contributions from Red Crescent, which is a international company.

The petition additionally contended the businesses which signed an settlement with the Red Crescent don’t come below the classes of individuals prohibited from receiving any international contribution as per Section 3 of FCRA.

KOCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated the previous CEO of Life Mission mission, U V Jose, in reference to its probe into alleged violation of Foreign Contribution (Regulations) Act within the Kerala authorities’s flagship scheme for offering homes to the poor.

The company questioned Jose for almost 9 hours on the workplace right here on Friday in reference to the Kerala authorities’s Life Mission mission at Wadakkanchery in Thrissur district of Kerala.

Meanwhile, CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan mentioned his social gathering was under no circumstances linked to M Sivasankar, the previous principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Govindan accused some individuals of making an attempt to hyperlink Sivasankar with the social gathering.

“Let them arrest him (Sivasankar). He was arrested earlier also. We are not in any way linked to  Sivasankar. Some people are trying to link him with us. And it’s purely politics,” Govindan advised the reporters.

On Thursday, the company had interrogated the chartered accountant, who was related to Sivasankar, in reference to the case.

The CA had allegedly helped Swapna Suresh, a key accused within the gold smuggling by way of diplomatic channel case, to open a financial institution locker to maintain the fee acquired from the mission. A particular courtroom right here had on Wednesday despatched Sivasankar to five-day ED custody.

The CBI had in 2020 filed an FIR in a Kochi courtroom below Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2010 on a grievance by the then Wadakancherry Congress MLA Anil Akkara itemizing Santosh Eappen, Managing Director of Unitac Builder, Kochi as the primary accused and Sane Ventures because the second accused.

The two firms had undertaken the development primarily based on the settlement entered with them by Red Crescent, a world humanitarian motion, which had agreed to supply Rs 20 crore in direction of the Life Mission mission.

The Congress has been alleging that there was corruption concerned within the number of the contractor by Red Crescent.

The alleged FCRA violation and corruption within the mission had snowballed into a significant political problem at the moment with opposition events charging that Suresh had admitted earlier than an NIA courtroom that she had acquired Rs 1 crore as fee from the mission.

She had reportedly claimed that the cash was meant for Sivasankar.

However, the Life Mission CEO had submitted earlier than the courtroom that Unitac and Sane Ventures had undertaken the development primarily based on the settlement entered into with them by Red Crescent and had straight accepted international contributions from Red Crescent, which is a international company.

The petition additionally contended the businesses which signed an settlement with the Red Crescent don’t come below the classes of individuals prohibited from receiving any international contribution as per Section 3 of FCRA.