Hyderabad, April 9 --  The Telangana High Court on Wednesday, April 8, observed that several non-governmental organisations (NGO) claiming to work for orphans and underprivileged children were not genuine but exploitative, and restrained a Hyderabad-based charity group - already under the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) scanner for alleged fund misappropriation - from disposing of or transferring any of its properties.

Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka made the observations while hearing a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged financial irregularities by Operation Mobilisation (OM) India Group of Charities, which runs the Good Shepherd Schools programme for underprivileged students.

The court noted that...