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Teesta Setalvad's anticipatory bail plea rejected

by IBNS 11 Feb 2015, 08:35 pm

Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (IBNS): The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected social activist Teesta Setalvad's anticipatory bail plea in connection with the Gulbarg society embezzlement case.

A case has been filed against the social activist in Gujarat.

The FIR was lodged against Setalvad in 2014 for allegedly misusing Rs. 1.5 crores of donations.

"They had collected the money to convert the 2002 riot-hit Gulbarg Society into a riots museum," CNN-IBN reported.