Teesta used NGO funds for liquor, mobile: police

NEW DELHI: Opposing the anticipatory bail granted to Teesta Setalvad, the Gujarat police Wednesday told the Supreme Court the social activist and her husband had misappropriated funds meant for charity. In an affidavit filed before the top court, the state police complained Setalvad had used the money for personal expenses ranging from wine and earbuds to an expensive mobile phone, besides tampering with evidence.

Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand as trustees of two trusts — Sabrang Trust and Citizen for Justice and Peace (CJP) — have by “diverse methods” allegedly “misappropriated the funds of charity and converted to their own use funds meant for the rehabilitation and welfare of the unfortunate victims of riots in Gujarat in Feb-March 2002, “including construction of dream museum.”