New Delhi: In a fresh report submitted to the Union government, the Intelligence Bureau has clearly stated that all NGOs and other social welfare organisation working in Naxal-infested states and getting funds from foreign agencies should be put on a “mandatory pre-security clearance” by the MHA to check misuse of funds.
The report comes in wake of the issue being flagged a few days ago by Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju in the Parliament. He claimed that the Maoists, had close links with some outfits in Europe and Southeast Asia.
Mr Rijiju had also underscored the fact that in case source of funding was illegal there should be an inquiry into it. Now the IB in a report to the MHA has said that every time funds are received by organisation working in the Naxal-infested states, it should be cleared only after a thorough security check.
“There is a strong possibility that some of the funds being routed by foreign donors to organisations working different fields in the Naxal-dominated areas is being ultimately used by the Maoists. A detailed scrutiny should be carried out by multiple security agencies on every occasion before these funds are cleared,” the intelligence note states.
With the MHA admitting that Maoists had links with similar outfits abroad, sources said that the funding norms for NGOs working in Naxal areas would be made more stringent.
