“Rana Ayyub transferred COVID-19 funds to accounts of her family members, made a personal fixed deposit of ₹50 lakhs, tribunal directs her to pay taxes: Details”, Opindia, July 10, 2025:
“In May this year, the Mumbai-based Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) directed ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub to pay income tax on funds collected for Covid-19 relief work, which were misappropriated by her for personal use.
Rana Ayyub had amassed a whopping ₹2,69,50,695 through 3 crowdfunding campaigns on the platform ‘Ketto’ during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Out of the funds totalling ₹2.69 crores, about ₹80,49,856 were received in foreign currency in violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) of 2010……”
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