Kannur native files complaint against charity worker for demanding share from money raised

A native of Kannur has filed a police complaint against charity workers who initially helped her in garing money for her mor's treatment. Complainant Varsha h me an appeal on social media a month ago seeking financial help for treatment of her mor who needed emergency liver surgery. She received a whopping amount of Rs 1.25 crore in her bank account from various sources within a few days of appeal. 

Soon after her mor’s surgery, she started receiving threatening calls from different people, including charity workers who helped her, demanding a share of amount she received from public which forced her to file a complaint.

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Police registers case against charity workers

Based on Varsha's complaint Cherannelloor police on Friday registered a case against four charity workers- Firoz Kunnamparambil, Sajan Kechery, Salam and Shahid.  DCP said that police will also look into allegations of money laundering.

"A preliminary inquiry was conducted based on girl's complaint and a case was registered against four persons for threatening her," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) G Poonkuzhali said.

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Meanwhile, Youth Congress state secretary PY Shajahan, who filed a police complaint, has demanded an inquiry into alleged hawala links and high-level political involvement in incident. He also demanded a detailed investigation be conducted into matter.

"It is mysterious that money continued to pour in even after girl requested to stop donation after amount crossed Rs 60 lakhs," Shajahan said

Following charity controversy, Firoz has demanded to freeze bank accounts of Varsha and her mor. Earlier he also said that Varsha h promised to give a share of donation for treatment of or poor patients. "If hawala gang, charity workers, and Varsha conspired to collect money, role of se persons should be investigated," Firoz said in a Facebook post.

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Inspector General (IG) and Kochi City Police Commissioner Vijay Sakhare however has denied allegation of hawala links in incident and said that allegations of transferring huge amounts from certain accounts will be probed. "Hawala is a n-banking transaction. Here, whole amount came via bank. However, police will check source of funds," he said. IG also said that previous monetary transactions of accused will also be probed. 

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(With inputs from ANI) (Representative im)