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Arunachal environmental activist booked by CBI for allegedly receiving illegal foreign funds
Bhanu Tatak has been protesting against the Siang Multipurpose Project, a proposed 12,500-megawatt power unit on the Siang river in the state.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a case against Arunachal Pradesh-based lawyer and environmental activist Bhanu Tatak for allegedly receiving funds from abroad in violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.
Tatak is a legal adviser to the Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum and the coordinator of civil society organisation Dibang Resistance. The CBI alleged that she received foreign contributions for research projects between 2022-’25 in violation of the Act.
She and the organisations have been protesting against the Siang Multipurpose Project, a proposed 12,500-megawatt power project on Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang river. The organisation Dibang resistance has also been protesting against a 2,880-megawatt power project on the Dibang river.
