On Saturday, the prominent Muslim journalist and a vocal critic of the BJP led central government, Rana Ayyub responding to the FIR filed against her by the Hindu IT Cell for collecting donations “fraudulently” for her Covid-19 relief work, took to social media to announce that no amount of hate or propaganda could stop her from pursuing her profession with honesty.
“The Hindu IT Cell has lodged a malicious and baseless FIR against me in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that I have fraudulently taken donations on Ketto for Covid relief work,” said Rana.
She added that she has been defamed, trolled and abused online on the basis of the particular allegation.
She said that none of the money received in the donation was misused. “For the record, I wish to inform everyone that the entire donation received through Ketto is accounted for, and not a single paisa has been misused,” she said. And that “the receipt of donations did not violate any law.”
She also said that she had paid a heavy amount of tax on the donations, as directed by the CBDT, adding that she did believe that “the donations ought not to have been taxed so that more money could be used for relief work.”
“Such donations are exempt from taxes as per the policy and law of the land, and I am taking necessary steps in that regard with the CBDT,” she informed.
She iterated that all her accounts and the donations had been scrutinized by the IT Department, and that a fair investigation would bring out the truth for all.
“Any amount of hate and propaganda will not stop me from pursuing my profession honestly, nor will I allow bullying tactics to prevent me from doing relief work when it is most needed,” concluded the journalist.
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It is pertinent to mention that on Tuesday, an FIR was filed against her by a Hindutva group named “Hindu IT Cell” in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad city for her fundraising campaigns for Covid-19 and flood relief work in Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra.
The group had alleged in the complaint that Rana had collected money illegally through an online platform “in the name of charity.”