Ghaziabad, November 28: “The complaint of misappropriation of funds against Kiran Bedi is false, malicious and mala fide…. It was lodged against Ms. Bedi not for fraud and cheating but for fighting for a strong Lokpal Bill,” Mr. Kejriwal told reporters in New Delhi.
Claiming that efforts were still on to defame Team Anna members, he said, “We want to say it categorically that it is a false complaint. The court order is wrong. There is no prima facie evidence supporting this complaint.”
Ms. Bedi and her lawyer Somnath Bharti were present at the press conference. But the former IPS officer did not speak to reporters or take any questions.
Delhi Police had slapped a case of cheating against Ms. Bedi for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for her NGOs in line with a court’s directive.
The court order came on a complaint filed by a Delhi lawyer that she had “looted” various paramilitary forces and police organisations in the name of imparting free computer training under the banner of her NGOs.
The lawyer alleged that Ms. Bedi had received donations of more than Rs. 50 lakh from Microsoft for imparting free computer training to kids and families of the paramilitary personnel and State police organisations under the banner of her trust India Vision Foundation.
Keywords: Kiran Bedi, cheating charge, FIR, Team Anna, Arvind Kejriwal, India Vision Foundation
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