Paridhi Arya
Published on June 12, 2022 at 11:10 IST
The Special Court Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat has passed summon order against the Aakar Patel director or CEO of Amnesty International India Private Limited (AIIPL), former Chief Executive Officer G Ananthapadmanabhan and Executive Director of Indians for Amnesty International Trust Avinash Kumar in money laundering case.
Enforcement Directorate has filed chargesheet under Sections 3, 4 and 8(5) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 on which CBI Court took judicial notice and passed the aforesaid order.
The CBI Court had decided to hear the matter on June 27. On 2019, FIR is lodged against AIIPL and other organization for violating Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) 2010 by CBI.
The AIIPL is a human right organization which in the year 2011-12 got permission to get foreign contribution from the government.
This permission was cancelled due to reason that reports of security agencies. ED investigated the matter and found out that AIIPL had taken 36 crore rupees from UK based company as FDI that too without prior approval of Ministry of Home Affairs.
The organization of AIIPL was indulged in commercial activities like making of service contract, advancing income and FDI.
During the period of 2015-16 Aakar Patel was Executive Director of the organization and that is why he had full control over managerial and financial conduct of the AIIPL.