Rana Ayyub’s donation to PM Cares Fund leaves netizens baffled, people question her ‘duplicity’

New Delhi: A day after journalist Rana Ayyub’s involvement in charity fund scandal became public, more skeletons are tumbling out of the closet. According to Enforcement Directorate (ED) documents, she donated a certain amount of ‘charity fund received through online campaign’ to the PM Cares Fund & CM Relief Fund.

Yesterday, the ED attached her assets amounting to Rs 1.77 crore, owing to irregularities and alleged scandal in receiving donations from people. Ayyub received money from public donors in name of charity but reportedly diverted them for personal expenses & other purposes.

Apart from dubious transactions of money in her account, her donation of about Rs 74 lakh to PM Cares Fund & CM Relief Fund is something that has left the netizens baffled & bewildered. The scribe was highly critical of the unaudited PM Cares Fund & CM Relief Fund and even launched a campaign against it. But, now her ‘secret’ support to the PM Cares fund has divided people on the internet and they are now questioning her ‘deceit & duplicity’.

Donation to PM Cares Fund, which helped lakhs of people during Covid, is understandable but why doing it clandestinely, many asked.

The revelation has startled many netizens and they are digging her old tweets & statements. If she concurs with honest work of PM Cares Fund, why this donation in secrecy – is something she has to answer.

Rana Ayyub deposited ₹74.50 lakh in PM Cares Fund after investigating agency found out about her Family Cares Scheme ? pic.twitter.com/EtkF2uj2lW

— BALA (@erbmjha) February 11, 2022

Rana Ayyub’s right hand was questioning PM Care as Scam where else her left hand was withdrawing donation money for own use. Very Smart!

#RanaAyyub#RanaAyyubChorHai pic.twitter.com/EuhQMvP9Oo

— PRAVIN R. BHOJ (@Po_intBlank) February 11, 2022

I thought it was a right-wing propaganda but even NDTV/IndianExpress now reporting that Rana Ayyub donated Rs. 74 lakh to PMCares fund/CMRelief fund. A fund that she criticised in the past. And that too money collected from people for charity purpose. Why?

— Rifat Jawaid (@RifatJawaid) February 11, 2022

*How Rana Ayyub siphoned off charity money*

The journalist had launched an online campaign on Ketto.com and received money from public donors in name of charity. But, she misused this charity money and siphoned it off for personal benefits & for ‘other purposes’. She got a Fixed Deposits (FD) made of Rs 50 lakh and also diverted the money into accounts of her family members including sister & father.

The ED, while confiscating Rs 1.77 crore assets, termed this money as ‘proceeds of crime’.