Journalist Rana Ayyub Lands Herself in Trouble, Accused of Money Laundering

Journalist and known critic of the current government has landed herself in trouble after the Enforcement Directorate has accused her of misusing public funds raised for philanthropic purposes. The ED has frozen 1.77 crores in the account of Ms. Ayyub.

Ms. Ayyub had reportedly collected around 2.69 crore through the crowdfunding platform Ketto and was supposed to use it for relief purposes. However, the ED which is to investigate financial crimes found out that Ms. Ayyub had submitted fake bills and the amount that was spent rounded upto 17 lakhs.
Another additional 50 lakhs were deposited in her father’s account that were raised through this crowd funding platform for relief purposes, alleged the agency.
However, Ms Ayyub has so far not commented on any of these allegations.