CBI books noted lawyer Anand Grover, lawyers collective for FCRA violations

The CBI has booked lawyer Anand Grover and his Mumbai-based voluntary organisation, Lawyers Collective, for alleged violation of rules in receiving foreign aid. 

The agency has filed an FIR on the basis of a complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs, which has alleged several



discrepancies in the utilisation of foreign aid received by the NGO. According to the complaint, Lawyers Collective had allegedly received foreign aid worth over 32 crore rupees between 2006-07 and 2014-15 and violated the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA).