"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 Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost 500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT)."
"The ED is a law enforcement agency that 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."
Police conducted searches at the home of environmental activist Harjeet Singh and Satat Sampada properties amid allegations that fossil-fuel treaty campaigning undermined national interest. The Enforcement Directorate alleges Singh and his wife received almost 500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, and it describes itself as responsible for enforcing economic laws and investigating financial crimes. The agency says it is probing suspicious foreign inward remittances disguised as consultancy charges from climate campaign groups funded by prior reference NGOs like Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. Cross-verification reportedly indicates the funds were meant to promote the FFNPT within India. The FFNPT calls to stop new fossil exploration and phase out fossil fuel use and has backing from Pacific island states, multiple governments, WHO, the European Parliament, and civil society. ED officers warned adoption could expose India to international legal challenges and compromise energy security and economic development. Searches reportedly uncovered a large cache of whiskey above legal limits at Singh's Delhi home, and local police were informed.
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