In India, more than Rs 10 million was confiscated from Rana Ayyub, a Muslim woman journalist who criticized the policies of the BJP's Hindu extremist government.
According to Indian media, more than Rs 10 million was confiscated from Rana Ayyub, a world-renowned Muslim woman journalist and writer from India, who openly criticized the Modi government's Hindu extremist policies.
The Enforcement Directorate, an agency investigating financial crimes in India, seized money from Rana Ayyub on charges of money laundering.
A statement issued by the Indian Enforcement Directorate said that Rana Ayyub had deposited money in the name of a charity which was first transferred to the account of his father and sister and then to the account of Rana Ayyub.
Rana Ayyub did not say where he spent the money and submitted several fake receipts.
Rana Ayyub often criticizes the Hindu extremist government for its anti-Muslim policies and actions. Rana Ayyub has in the past received death threats on social media and has been the target of online trolling.
