New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against journalist Rana Ayyub for misusing funds collected in the name of aid and charity through a website Ketto.com. The ED has accused him of trying to dupe the common people. The ED has claimed that they illegally obtained money from the general public. With this chargesheet, the difficulties have increased for Job.
As per the order, a total fund of Rs 2,69,44,680/- was raised by Rana Ayyub on Ketto. This amount was deposited in the bank accounts of his sister/father. Of this amount, Rs 72,01,786 was deposited in his own bank account, Rs 37,15,072 in the account of his sister Iffat Sheikh and Rs 1,60,27,822 in the bank account of his father Mohammad Ayub Waqif. Later, all this money was transferred from the account of his sister and father to his own account.
The order further read that Rana Ayyub submitted details/documents of expenditure of Rs 31,16,770, however, after verification of the claimed expenditure, it emerged that the actual expenditure was only Rs 17,66,970. It said that Job had prepared fake bills in the name of some institutions to claim expenditure on relief work. The expenses incurred for the air travel were claimed as relief work expenses.
It is clear from the investigation conducted by the Enforcement Directorate that the money in the name of charity was raised completely in a pre-planned and systematic manner and the funds for which the money was raised were not fully utilized.
Investigation revealed that Rana Ayyub deposited some amount by opening a separate current bank account instead of using the money for relief work. He also created a fixed deposit of Rs 50 lakh from the money raised on Kitto and later did not use it for relief work. The ED official said that Ayyub allegedly misappropriated the money. He allegedly transferred the money to other accounts for his personal expenses. , (IANS),
