Gandhinagar: A police complaint has been filed in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani against foreign funded NGO operator and founder of the anti-dam ‘Narmada Bachao’ movement, Medha Patkar and 11 others under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly misusing the funds collected in name of education of the tribal children.

The plaintiff Pritam Raj has accused Patkar of allegedly grabbing over Rs 13 crore in the name of education of tribal children. The complainant further noted that they don’t have the accounts of all the money raised from 2007 to 2022 for the tribal poor and their education, accusing the misuse of the funds. According to the FIR, Patkar raised the concerned amount of over Rs 13 crore in the name of a trust named Narmada Navnirman Abhiyan. She has been accused of using funding in the name of education to create an atmosphere against the government.

The other accused in the FIR has been identified as Praveen Rumi Jahangir, Vijaya Chauhan, Kailash Avashya, Mohan Patidar, Ashish Mandaloyi, Sanjay Joshi and others.