India arrests environmental campaigners for activities against the national interest'

"Police have raided the home of one of India's leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest. Investigators from India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim that Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost 500,000 to advocate for the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT). The ED is a law enforcement agency which operates under India's ministry of finance and is responsible for enforcing economic laws and investigating financial crimes."

"In a statement, the agency said it had carried out searches at Singh's home and Satat Sampada properties as part of an ongoing investigation into suspicious foreign inward remittances received in the garb of consultancy charges from climate campaign groups, which have in-turn received huge funds from prior reference category NGOs like Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. However, cross-verification of filings made by the remitters abroad indicates that the funds were actually intended to promote the agenda of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty within India, the agency said."

India's Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at the home of environmental activist Harjeet Singh and Satat Sampada properties, alleging nearly 500,000 in foreign payments to promote the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FFNPT). The ED, a finance ministry law enforcement body, opened the probe into suspicious inward remittances labeled as consultancy fees from climate campaign groups that received significant funding from NGOs such as Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Cross-verification of remitter filings reportedly showed funds aimed at advancing the FFNPT in India. The FFNPT calls for halting new fossil fuel exploration and phasing out use; the ED warned of legal and energy-security risks. Officers also reported finding a large cache of whiskey above legal limits at Singh's Delhi residence.

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