Money NGO raised for acid attack victim doesn't match sum received by hospital

Thinking of donating to a crowdfunding website to help the survivor of a terrible acid attack Beware your money might not reach the victim A day after this paper revealed how an NGO used the pictures of survivor Zakira Shaikh without her permission to raise funds for her treatment it now turns out that the organisation has not given her over 40 per cent of the money collected for herMasina HospitalIn 2015 the Supreme Court ordered all hospitals government or private to provide free treatment to acid attack victims Thanks to the SCs order survivors no longer need to raise funds for their treatment However it turns out certain organisations are more than willing to collect money in their name Problem is theyre less willing when it comes to handing over the money to the victimAlso read Mumbai NGO uses acid attack victims picture without her consent raises Rs 11 lakhIn Zakiras case she and her family were not even aware that the NGO Make Love Not Scars had used her pictures on the crowdfunding website Ketto Zakira is being treated at Masina Hospital but neither the hospital administration nor the NGO bothered to ask her permission to use her picture and name to raise funds Neither the hospital nor the NGO had approached us We learnt through someone else that the fundraising portal had already collected 18346 in donations from across the globe said the victims elder sister Sugra SayyedWheres the restThe family promptly submitted a written complaint to the Byculla police following which Ketto put a halt to the fundraiser As the website shows by this point donors had already contributed nearly Rs 108 lakh However on November 23 Ketto only transferred Rs 62 lakh into the account for Zakiras treatment More than 40 per cent of the money had been withheld and the hospital was allegedly not informed about thisKetto had not bothered to inform the hospital or the family members about the remaining amount said an officer from Byculla police Vinayak Kulkarni manager Administration at Masina hospital corroborated this The NGO did not inform about the remaining money they had collected through donations We received only Rs 62 lakh till dateHowever when this reporter questioned why the hospital was raising funds in this manner when the apex court had ordered that treatment be free of charge Kulkarni refused to comment stating that only the managing director of the hospital would be able to answerAlso read Mumbai Crime Man throws acid on wife for losing weight suspects her of cheatingKulkarni added Our social worker was approached by the brother and mother of the victim for financial help With their oral consent the social worker sent appeals to various people and organisationsThe other sideSpeaking to midday Ketto founder Varun Sheth said The remaining amount was donated in US dollars so it will take three to four more days to credit it It will get done by the end of the week Ria Sharma founder of Make Love Not Scars also said that the delay in transferring funds was because of the foreign currency She added We were approached by the hospital for crowdfunding following which they approached KettoNot the only caseMake Love Not Scars is not the only NGO working in this case Zakiras family had approached the NGO Acid Survivors Saahas Foundation and received assistance from volunteer Daulat B Khan Khan said that they have had a similar experience with Ketto in the past as well In October Ketto had demanded a 50 per cent cut from the donations collected for another acid attack victim Shabbo Ketto took away Rs 75 lakh out of the Rs 13 lakh collected for her Khan alleged To this Sheth responded In the campaigns that we run for victims at times there are expenses on advertisements Such costs can go up to 40 per cent of the money that is collectedAlso view BMC demolishes part of Anil Kapoors office here are other stars whove faced BMCs wrath