: Activist Harsh Mander’s home, offices raided by Enforcement Directorate #IndiaNEWS The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday morning began searches on the premises of human rights activist Harsh Mander

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Activist Harsh Mander’s home, offices raided by Enforcement Directorate #IndiaNEWS
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday morning began searches on the premises of human rights activist Harsh Mander in Delhi, people familiar with the situation told Scroll.in.Mander’s home in Vasant Kunj area, his office in the Centre for Equity Studies at the city’s Sarvodaya Enclave locality, and Umeed, a children’s home that his organisation runs in the Mehrauli neighbourhood were searched.The searches were conducted a day after the activist left for Berlin in Germany for a nine-month-long fellowship with the Robert Bosch Academy, said a person familiar with the situation. “He has gone there to study how Germany understood its violent past,� the person who did not want to be identified told Scroll.in.Mander’s daughter, Suroor Mander, is currently at his Vasant Kunj home as the Enforcement Directorate officials continue their searches.This is not the first time that Mander’s offices and home have been searched.Two children’s homes that the activist is associated with were raided by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in October. Mander had then said that the raids were the Union government’s attempt to defame him and target those who had peacefully protested against the Citizenship Amendment Act.The children’s homes had filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to quash the inspection reports from the National Commission...Read more

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