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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Damien Gayle Environment correspondent

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

Harjeet Singh
Harjeet Singh has been arrested along with his wife, Jyoti Aswati. Photograph: Igor Kovalenko/EPA

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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