New Delhi: In connection with money laundering probe, the enforcement directorate attached over Rs 1.77 crore bank deposits of journalist Rana Ayyub here.
The funds are reported to be linked to irregularities in charitable funds collected from donors, officials said.
ED had issued a provisional order under the PMLA to attach a Rs 50 lakh worth fixed deposit besides cash deposited in two different private bank accounts in Nav Mumbai.
Officials said that total cash of Rs 1.77 crore linked to Rana were attached by the team.
A case was registered at Ghaziabad Police (Uttar Pradesh) and ED was investing alleged irregularities in donor funds of over Rs 2.69 crore raised through platform called ‘Ketto’.
Meanwhile, the journalist lashed out at the Union government for targeting her and wrote on Twitter, “When the government of the day unleashes all its agencies against journalists targeting their reputation as a response to their journalism, how will journalists survive. By continuing to speak the truth.”