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Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign


Satat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswathi say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’

Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest.

Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost £500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT).

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/indian-police-raid-home-of-environmental-activists-over-anti-fossil-fuel-campaign

Author : Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

Publish date : 2026-01-08 10:40:00

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