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Kashmir-based NGOs under ED scanner 6/17/2014 11:56:01 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 17: About 20 non-governmental organizations operating or claiming to be operating in different fields in Kashmir valley and receiving funds from international organizations and NGOs have come under the scanner of the Central agencies including the Enforcement Directorate as some of these have been untraced for the State authorities and others have allegedly indulged in money laundering. Informed sources revealed to Early Times that a major exercise was underway to scan the funding resources of certain NGOs as also the activities claimed to be carried out by some international NGOs like Action Aid, Save The Children, Medicos Sans Frontiers and Mercy Corps. A Manila-based NGOs claiming to be working on human rights and custodial disappearances has also come under the cloud for its funding to some local NGOs who have carried out political activities and did nothing to safeguard the human rights. A little known non-governmental organization, claiming to be working in Budgam district, has received assistance worth Rs 1 crore from Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB). As per the details available on IDB website, the shadowy organization namely Society for Promotion of Culture and Education in Budgam town has received assistance of US$ 185,000 for the construction of school under special assistance projects from IDB's Waqaf Fund. IDB's special assistance Waqaf programme is aimed at supporting the economic and social development of Muslim communities in non-member communities, in particular in the education and health sectors. Srinagar-based mediapersons have failed to find the whereabouts of the people running the NGOs though unconfirmed reports said that it belonged to the family members of a senior Congress leader. Sources said that the ED has also discovered a network of drug traffickers which has misused the cross-LoC barter trade for transportation of money for some separatist and militant groups. ED has identified over 15 prominent operators of this network. Some of the cases have been challenged in different courts. However, neither the Congress-led UPA government nor the NC-led State government took any effective.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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