New Delhi: A Hyderabad-based education outfit has allegedly been found to be misappropriating RTE funds, getting foreign donations by misrepresenting ordinary students as ‘joginis’ and diverting funds for extravagant foreign travels, the ED said on Tuesday.

The Enforcement Directorate, in a statement, said after some searches, it attached a dozen immovable assets, commanding a market value of Rs 15 crore, of the Operation Mercy India Foundation (OMIF) that runs the Good Shepherd Schools programme, largely for the under-privileged students.

A response from OMIF on these allegations is awaited.

The ED alleged that these schools collected regular fees, book charges, uniform and bus fees from all students, including those represented as fully sponsored, thereby generating “proceeds of crim

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