India Against Corruption (IAC) on Wednesday alleged financial irregularities in the functioning of Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, run by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, a charge his wife Louis Khurshid rejected.
Talking to reporters in Lucknow, IAC Member Sanjay Singh alleged large-scale irregularities had come to the fore in grants given by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to the trust for the welfare of physically impaired people.
Singh alleged that instead of distributing the aid to disabled people the grant was embezzled by organising fake camps and through fake signatures of the officers.
In a statement issued in Delhi, Louis Khurshid, also the Trust’s project director, termed the allegations “malicious and baseless.” She was referring to similar allegations levelled by a news channel.
Singh alleged signature of the chief medical officer of Etawah was found to be fake and handicapped welfare officer of Mainpuri, Tapasvee Lal, was not even aware that a letter in his name with fake signature and seal had reached Delhi.
“This is irrelevant and bizarre because the Trust has never submitted any document to any other authority where it claims or which are signed or held out to be signed by one Tapasvee Lal,” she said in the statement.