CBI files chargesheet against Oxfam India for alleged foreign funding violations
A Delhi court will hear the matter on March 4.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against non-governmental organisation Oxfam India and its executive director Amitabh Behar for alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, reported The Indian Express on Thursday.
Registration under the Act is mandatory for non-profit organisations in India to receive foreign funds.
In an order on January 9, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nishant Garg of the Rouse Avenue Courts set March 4 as the date of consideration on the chargesheet, according to the newspaper.
Oxfam India was among 5,932 non-government organisations whose registrations under the Act had lapsed on January 1, 2022, either because they did not apply for renewal or the home ministry refused to sanction their applications for renewal.
Oxfam India falls in the latter category. The organisation is the India arm of the global non-profit organisation Oxfam International.
In April 2023, the Central Bureau of Investigation registered a first information report against Oxfam India and its office-bearers for alleged violations of the Act. Searches were also carried out at the non-governmental organisation’s office in Delhi.
The case was registered based on a complaint filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs Director (Foreigners-II Division) Jeetendar Chadha.
Chadha had alleged that email communications found during an income tax survey showed that Oxfam India had been planning to pressure the Indian government to renew its...
