Click to play videoGhaziabad: Team Anna defended former IPS officer Kiran Bedi against allegations of cheating and criminal conspiracy while addressing a press conference in Ghaziabad on Monday. Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal defended Bedi claiming that all the allegations levelled against her were false and baseless.
"We provided 370 pages of evidence against the Commonwealth Games accused but the judge found it was not enough to register an FIR. But on a false four-page complaint an FIR was registered against Kiran Bedi," said Kejriwal.
Alleging that the judge acted under pressure, Kejriwal said that he was ready to face the consequences if his statements were taken as contempt of court.
He added that such false cases were being slapped against Team Anna members because the Government was unwilling to tackle corruption and bring a strong Lokpal Bill.
The Delhi Police has registered a case Bedi for cheating and criminal conspiracy. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal had on Saturday directed the police to file a case against Bedi for alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds in collusion with foreign companies and foundations on a complaint by Delhi-based lawyer Devinder Singh Chauhan.
Chauhan 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 in his complaint 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 BSF, CISF, ITBP, 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.
"For the purpose of siphoning money for herself, Kiran 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 Kiran Bedi had arranged for the land and electricity for the said centre (training centre) for running their activities," the complainant said.
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.
He alleged that Bedi is liable to be prosecuted for various offences including sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 477A (falsification of accounts) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
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