Founder and chairman of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) lt General Raj Kadyan (retd) has registered a FIR with the Delhi Police against three governing body members of the ex-servicemen society for alleged financial misappropriation.
In the FIR lodged against Major General (retd) Satbir Singh, Wing Commander (retd) CK Sharma and Group Captain (retd) VK Gandhi at Parliament Street Police station of New Delhi district, lt General Kadyan (retd) has accused them of taking donations from ex-servicemen and widows without issuing receipts and also not depositing the money in the bank account of the society, during their protest for One Rank One Pension Scheme at Jantar Mantar in June 2015.
Kadyan, who was one of the founders of the society in 2008, alleged that Satbir Singh, CK Sharma and VK Gandhi are responsible for collecting donations in the name of IESM, without any authorisation during the protest at Jantar Mantar.
He further alleged that the society maintains an HDFC account but in order to collect unaccounted funds in cash, Captain VK Gandhi had emailed him falsely claiming that the bank account was blocked by the complainant.
“This was, however, a mere pretext to collect funds in cash as I had not blocked the account in any manner whatsoever,” alleged Kadyan.
He further said that there were instances when no receipts were issued to the donors, the FIR states.
Kadyan also alleged that veteran ex-armymen emailed him complaining about the problem. “An email from veteran Bahdur Almiya clearly shows that the entire accounting if any at Jantar Mantar was a hoax intended to make wrongful gains thus bringing a bad name to the IESM society. In a similar case, another veteran Ganju has complained that the receipt given to him after he donated money does not bear any stamp which renders it useless for the purpose of claiming tax rebate. Further as is evident, from the complaint of an eighty-year-old ex-serviceman's widow, Shakuntala Devi, recorded before the police, the three accused did not issue any receipts for Rs50,000 donated by her in cash,” alleged the complainant.
Kadyan alleged that a day's collection was coming up to Rs26,20,000 in cash and Rs3,86,500 in cheque and such collections went on for weeks and months.
A meeting of the governing body of the society was held to address this issue but the three accused chose to absent themselves from the meeting which prima facie shows that they are guilty and have malafide intentions of siphoning off huge amounts donated by the sincere es-servicemen and widows, alleged Kadyan.
The complainant further said that he had sent emails to all the three accused regarding the matter and also asked them not to spend the funds without the approval of the governing body but none of his emails were returned. Kadyan then finally registered an FIR against the three at Parliament Street Police station on Tuesday under sections of cheating and criminal conspiracy on Tuesday.
When asked about the FIR, the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baniya said, “We are investigating the matter and cannot comment on the nature of investigations.”
However, none of the persons named in the FIR have been summoned by police yet, sources said.