Another case lodged against Teesta Setalvad in Ahmedabad

A complaint has been lodged with the Gujarat police charging Teesta Setalvad and her NGO Sabrang Trust with trying to “mix religion with politics” and spreading disharmony through the curricular material prepared for the erstwhile UPA government which had given it a grant of about Rs 1.4 crore.

The complaint has been lodged by Teesta’s former close aide Rais Khan Pathan. The complaint also quoted the report of a panel of the HRD ministry. 

The panel, in its finding, has claimed that a prima facie case existed against Teesta under section 153A and 153B of IPC — for promoting enmity on the grounds of religion and imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration. 

However, an official release from Teesta’s office has refuted all the charges as baseless.

A release from her office further stated: “This is not the first time that this story has been circulating. Since February 2015, and then again in 2016, we have responded to media queries on this issue. It is a clear case of the vindictiveness of the Central-Gujarat State Regime. “

Sources said the crime branch of Ahmedabad police has sent a communication to the deputy secretary, department of school education and literacy of the Union HRD Ministry, urging it to “furnish point-wise reply on the application/complaint at the earliest”.

They said the ministry has yet to submit its response to the communication sent in November last. —With Agencies