Police opposes Teesta's bail in Gulbarg fund embezzlement case

The Gujarat police opposed the anticipatory bail plea filed by social activist Teesta Setalwad, her husband Javed Anand and two others in the Gulbarg Society fund embezzlement case here today.
In an affidavit filed before sessions court judge H C Vora, the investigating officer of city crime branch ACP K N Patel stated that Teesta and others allegedly conspired to embezzle funds.
Opposing the bail plea, the investigating officer alleged that, Teesta Setalwad is trying to influence witnesses in this case by making them send sworn affidavits to his office.
He has also said that, "Witnesses like Rais Khan and others have testified against the accused".

"Two NGOs called Citizens for Justice and Peace and Sabrang Trust received huge amounts of funds for the Gulbarg victim from 2007 to 2014," the affidavit said.
"Certain amounts was also received from some foreign sources. Later, that amount was transferred to personal bank accounts of Setalvad, Javed Anand and their daughter Amily," the affidavit stated.

"As Setalvad did not want to give money to victims even after having passed a resolution that all residents agreed to sell their houses to her NGO, she did not buy the land for four years," the investigating officer's affidavit said.
"After four years, a resolution was passed by the society's chairman and secretary permitting residents to dispose off their properties as per their will. They made six fake signatures of the victims in this resolution," it stated.

Objecting to the investigating officer's affidavit, Teesta's counsel S M Vora contended that witnesses like Rais Khan (Setalwad's former aide) and others have testified against the accused.