A petition was today filed in the Delhi High Court seeking removal of Anna Hazare fromthe drafting committee of Lokpal Bill alleging he was found guilty of corruption relating to the administrationof a trust run by him.
The PIL filed by an NGO, National Anti-corruption Public Power, alleged a judicial inquiry led by former Supreme Court Judge Justice PB Sawant held Hazare responsible for misappropriation of Rs two lakh from the Hind Swaraj trust run by him.
The alleged misappropriation of fund had occured during the celebration of Hazare's birthday at his village Ralegaon-Siddhi in Maharashtra, according to thePIL.
The petition said Justice Sawant had, in his report, concluded that there had indeed been misappropriation of Rs 2 lakhfrom the Hind Swaraj trust amounting to corruption - to celebrate Anna's birthday in his village Ralegaon-Siddhi After detailed inquiry, the Commission had in its report submitted in 2005 specificallygiven its finding that Hazare was guilty of corrupt practices(involving misadministration of one of his trusts) the NGO alleged.
According to the petition, the Commission's report says that some of the workers of Hazare's Bhrastachar Virodhi Janandolan Trust were abusing the platform for anti social activities such as extortion of money and blackmailing (by threatening to expose corruption through use of RTI)The Commission was set-up in 2003 to inquire into allegations levelled by Anna Hazare against certain ministers, which, after allegations by one SureshdadaJain had to inquire against Hazare's trust's and NGO's as well..................................................SOURCEhttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics...........
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