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Home ministry official remanded to police custody

Joshi was arrested by CBI officials on Sunday evening, four days after he went missing, and was produced in the special CBI court at Patiala House on Monday. Special Judge Vinod Kumar has remanded Joshi to CBI custody till May 20.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleges that non-government organisations (NGOs) like Care India, Snehalaya Charitable Trust, All India Primary Teachers Federation (AIPTF) and Indian HIV/AIDS Alliance among others were targeted for bribes by Anand Joshi, the home ministry official.

The CBI further alleged that Joshi was laundering the ill-gotten gains in various numerous immovable assets and through companies like M/s Sreejak Media Pvt. Ltd, M/s Sreejak Radio Media Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Sreejak Outdoor Media Ltd. Which were floated by him. It has also come to light that Joshi's wife Meenakshi, is a director in one of the firms.

Joshi was arrested by CBI officials on Sunday evening, four days after he went missing, and was produced in the special CBI court at Patiala House on Monday. Special Judge Vinod Kumar has remanded Joshi to CBI custody till May 20.

In its application, the CBI has stated that the investigation against Joshi has faced many hurdles. "The search was conducted at the Joshi's house after a lot of harship," the CBI told the court. "Various incriminating documents including files of Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA), MHA, and Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity, Min. Of Information and Broadcasting were seized from the residences of Joshi for which the accused had no satisfactory answers," the CBI further alleged.

CBI Senior Public Prosecutor informed the court, that the probe agency wanted custody of Joshi to investigate the matter in detail. The custody plea was opposed by Neeraj Gupta, representing Joshi who argued that his client was co-operating with the probe agency. Gupta further submitted and prayed for leniency stating that Joshi and his wife were suffering from depression.

Gupta rubbished CBI claims that Joshi had switched off his phone between May 11 - May 15 stating that his client had lost his phone in Ujjain, where he was attending the Kumbh Mela on May 8.

The home ministry official, who had disappeared four days ago after his Ghaziabad residence was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was detained by the agency on Sunday evening, in connection with a case of alleged issuance of arbitrary notices to NGOs and societies, under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), for financial gains. Social activist Teesta Setalvad's NGO, Sabrang Trust, was also allegedly targeted by Anand Joshi.

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