Over 500 suspicious bank accounts in Delhi are being investigated by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad for alleged FCRA violations and terror funding. The accounts were opened in the names of illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar and were used to divert donations received by a Delhi-based NGO. A student from Assam, who opened the accounts in 2020, has been arrested and is being questioned. The investigation has revealed that funds were transferred to these accounts in smaller amounts and then withdrawn. The NGO is suspected of using the money for anti-national activities.

he NGO, Sun Shine Health and Social Welfare Trust, is being probed for FCRA (Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act) violations as it allegedly diverted the ‘donations’ through the suspicious accounts that were opened in the names of illegal migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, officials aware of the development said. The ATS suspected that the funds were used for anti-national activities and terror funding.
The ATS learnt about these accounts after arresting Assam’s Mohammed Abdul Awwal, 37, from New Delhi on Monday. Awwal, a student of Nadwa in Lucknow till 2017, opened these bank accounts in 2020 taking advantage of relaxed banking norms during the Covid period, a police official said.
“We have approached the Lucknow ATS court to seek the custody remand of Abdul Awwal. We’re likely to get it on Thursday after which he will be further questioned about the suspicious bank accounts and the entire money trail,” said an ATS official.