Court orders FIR against Kiran Bedi

New Delhi, November 26
A Delhi court today ordered registration of an FIR against former IPS officer Kiran Bedi for allegedly cheating and misappropriating funds in collusion with foreign companies and other foundations.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal directed the crime branch of the Delhi Police to register a case against the key Team Anna member on a complaint by Delhi-based lawyer Devinder Singh Chauhan.

The complainant has alleged that Bedi has “looted” various paramilitary forces and state police organisations in the name of imparting free computer training through ‘Meri Police’ under the banner of her trust ‘India Vision Foundation’.

Chauhan has alleged that Bedi got a donation of more than Rs 50 lakh from Microsoft in the name of free computer training to the kids and families of the personnel of the BSF, the CISF, the ITBP, the CRPF and other state police organisations.

The complainant alleged that Bedi’s trust was to impart free computer training to the kids and families of the cops. “Instead of imparting free training or distributing free computers, Kiran Bedi in collusion with some unknown persons cheated Vedanta Foundation and made a plan to cheat the kids of cops and various paramilitary forces and civil polices and for the purpose Kiran Bedi planned to collect Rs 20,000 per month per training centre,” the complaint said.

“For the purpose of siphoning off money, Bedi entered into a donation agreement with Vedanta according to which Rs 6,000 out of the total money of Rs 20,000 was to be paid by Vedanta to her two trusts (India Vision Foundation and Navjyoti Foundation) on the false ground that she (Bedi) had arranged for the land and electricity for the training centre,” the complainant claimed.

He alleged that the facility of land and electricity were arranged by the police organisation and Bedi had nothing to do with these arrangements. Chauhan claimed that Bedi is getting huge money from abroad as donation to her two trusts and it needs to be probed by the Enforcement Directorate.

‘CHEATING’ CASE

• The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate directed the crime branch of the Delhi Police to register a case against the key Team Anna member on a complaint by a Delhi-based lawyer.
• The complainant has alleged that Bedi has “looted” paramilitary forces and state police bodies in the name of imparting free computer training to kids and families of its personnel under the banner of her trust ‘India Vision Foundation’.
• He has alleged that Bedi got a donation of more than Rs 50 lakh from Microsoft for the purpose. But the training was never imparted.