A resident of Gulbarg society, which was under attack during the 2002 riots, has demanded investigation against social activist Teesta Setalvad regarding misappropriation of funds.
The resident of Gulbarg Co-operative Society, Imtiyaz Khan Pathan, who is also one of the signatories of the original complaint dated March 12, 2013 filed against Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand, to the Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Ahmedabad, regarding misappropriation of funds has recently provided extra proof against Teesta Setalvad.
Khan in his letter dated October 08, 2013, stated that, “To further prove that Teesta Setalvad was organising functions in our Gulbarg society and was calling general public and press people to attend such functions, I am enclosing herewith the original invitation card issued by Teesta Setalvad for one of such functions held on February 27, 2012 to commemorate 10th anniversary of Gujarat riots in our Gulbarg society.”
Setalvad also sent invitation card to general public and media to attend the function which started from 11.00 am onwards, he said in the letter. According to him, name of contact persons mentioned in the card were Shayra Sandhi, Rupa Modhi, Tanvir Zafri, Cedrick Prakash, Teesta Setalvad, Shiv Vishwanathan, Binita Desai and Imtiyaz Pathan (himself).
Through the letter he has demanded further investigation and action against Teesta Setalvad, who is also one of the founders of the NGO, Citizen for Justice and Peace (CJP).