Communal hatred, false allegations spread via WhatsApp in Surathkal: One arrested
Surathkal: Surathkal police have arrested one person for allegedly spreading communal hatred and making false accusations through social media platform WhatsApp.
The arrested individual has been identified as Ram Prasad alias Poch (42), a resident of K.K. Shetty Compound, Kulai village. According to police, he circulated inflammatory and false content targeting a man named Rajesh Honnakatte.
Police also informed that another accused, Lokesh of Kodikere, Surathkal, currently lodged in Udupi district jail in connection with a different case under Padubidri police station limits, was produced before the court in relation to this case after obtaining a body warrant.
According to the complaint, the accused had circulated messages on WhatsApp alleging that Rajesh had converted more than 20 women, had been caught selling obscene CDs, and was now trying to convert women working in his office. The message further falsely claimed that Rajesh was planning to get his brother married to a 24-year-old Hindu woman who had stopped wearing sindoor and started attending church prayers.
Following Rajesh's complaint at the Surathkal police station, a case was registered and action was initiated. Authorities stated that such messages were clearly intended to spread communal tension based on fabricated claims.
Investigations are ongoing.
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Kasaragod: ED books Kunhahmed Musliyar Memorial Trust for FCRA violation
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate has registered a forex violation case against a Kerala-based charitable organisation for receiving Rs 220 crore from abroad in alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
The investigation pertains to Kunhahmed Musliyar Memorial Trust located in Kasargod and its chairman Ibrahim Ahmad Ali, an NRI.
Searches were conducted under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) at two locations in Kasargod on Thursday in connection with the case, the ED said in a statement.
The Trust, according to the ED, received more than Rs 220 crore since 2021 from Ibrahim Ahmad Ali, which was reflected in the books of accounts as "unsecured" loans.
However, no loan agreement, interest rate terms, or repayment schedule were available, and no repayment had been made till date, the probe agency said.
The probe found that these funds were received by Ali from a UAE company named Universal Lubricants LLC.
In the absence of supporting documents and in view of the clarification given under a section of the FCRA, the said loan prima facie qualified as "foreign contribution" under FCRA, the statement said.
According to the ED, the Trust is "not registered" under the FCRA and does not possess the "mandatory permission" or a designated FCRA bank account to receive foreign contributions.
It was found that a part of these foreign contributions was "utilised" for the purchase of agricultural land in India, in violation of the existing regulations.
The search action found that the Trust received Rs 2.49 crore in "cash" from Ali in violation of FEMA provisions.
"During the search, incriminating documents, ledger accounts showing unsecured loans of Rs 220 crore, the cash book of the Trust, and a hard disk containing financial data were seized," the ED said.
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