New Delhi: Some of the NGOs and institutions which sponsored trips of Kiran Bedi over the past two years say they were categorically told “she flies Business class” and were not aware if she travelled Economy. They added that they took her bills at “face value”.
“We were told that she only flies Business class. We had no idea she was availing Economy class tickets,” Irene Almeida, administrator of Mumbai-based Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, which hosted Bedi for a function on August 6, 2009, said.
About Bedi’s offer to return the money, Almeida said: “We have not been approached by any of her representatives willing to refund the amount to us.”
For the Lijjat Papad function, Bedi took an Indian Airlines flight (IC 165) to Mumbai from Delhi and returned the same day on IC 888. The total fare paid by her was Rs 8,689 but the bill submitted to the organisation was for Rs 32,495.
The payments for each of the flights Bedi took were made to her NGO India Vision Foundation (IVF).
25/10/11 Indian Express
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