Journalist Rana Ayyub Banned from leaving the country by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). She was stopped at the Mumbai Airport from boarding a flight to London in connection with a summon issued by Enforcement Directorate.
Ayyub took to her Twitter handle and narrated the incident. She said that the reason she was stopped from leaving the country was a lookout notice issued by ED in her name. She also alleged that ED had sent a summon for her to appear on April 1 at the last moment.
She was flying to London to attend an event scheduled for April 1 with top jurors, editors and diplomats in the world. She was also invited as a speaker at The Guardian’s office. Going to Italy on April 6 and 7 for the International Journalism Festival was also a part of her plan.
In her tweet, Ayyub wrote, “I was stopped today at the Indian immigration while I was about to board my flight to London to deliver my speech on the intimidation of journalists with @ICFJ. I was to travel to Italy right after to deliver the keynote address at the @journalismfest on the Indian democracy.”
She added, “All these events with @julieposetti @DoughtyStlntl @journalismfest have been planned and publicised all over my social media for weeks. Yet, curiously the Enforcement Directorate summons arrived in my mail much after I was stopped at the immigration. What do you fear?”
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She said she has submitted the required documents to the ED. Reportedly, she had been issued a showcause notice for which she had been given a month to reply. She added that there was no summons by ED and the last one was in the first week of January. “And each summons was honoured and documents submitted,” she said.
Money laundering case
Journalist Rana Ayyub’s ₹ 1.77 crore are locked up by the Enforcement Directorate or ED. The authorities accused the journalist of money laundering involving funds she collected citing philanthropic reasons. This happened after the journalist had initiated a fund-raising campaign aiming to provide food and relief to people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was alleged that she had raised Rs 2, 69, 44, 680 on fund raising platform Ketto. Next, she created a fixed deposit of Rs 50 lakh from the funds instead of diverting it to the relief work.
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