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LONDON, ENGLAND, August 17, 2002: Britain’s Charity Commission has launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, UK and Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) here are linked to terrorist activities. A spokesman of the Charity Commission said that the Commission had contacted the trustees of the VHP, UK and HSS to provide more details of their operations. Several London-based Muslim organizations had recently demanded banning the VHP and HSS, the UK counterpart of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and probe into their accounts, alleging that they were responsible for recent attacks on Muslims in Gujarat. Last week Lord Adam Patel resigned as the patron of Sewa International, a charity linked to HSS, alleging that Sewa International was a front for military activity, “which incites racial hatred, is both outrageous and offending.” C B Patel, patron of Sewa International, welcomed the probe saying “if anybody can prove that it (Sewa International) is being used for terrorists’ activities, I am prepared to resign straightaway.” Denying the allegations of Lord Adam Patel, Shantibhai Mistry, Sewa International chairman, said on Saturday “I am somewhat surprised and dismayed at Lord Adams doubts and concerns about the work of Sewa International UK.”

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