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Anna SMS cards: Criminal complaint filed against Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal and others

New Delhi: A criminal complaint has been filed against Anna Hazare and the erstwhile Team Anna members for allegedly cheating over four crore people by selling them 'Anna SMS cards'.Metropolitan Magistrate Akash Jain directed the

The price of each SMS card, which was valid for a year was of Rs 20 but was sold to the general public and volunteers of the movement at Rs 25, the complaint said.

It further submitted that "after start of Anna SMS cards facility in the last week of February 2012, the service was abruptly terminated within a month... where in the original Anna SMS card facility was valid for a period of one year from the date of purchase."

"The IAC members faced with fund crunch decided to rake up crores of money by selling these Anna SMS cards," the complainant alleged.