New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday for the alleged misappropriation of funds of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), reported news agency ANI, citing officials.
The ED has called the National Conference chief at its Chandigarh office on May 31 for questioning. This is not the first time that Abdullah has been served summons by the investigating agency. He has been summoned by ED in the same case on two occasions, in 2019 and 2020. Last time, the 84-year-old leader was questioned at ED’s regional office at Raj Bagh in Jammu and Kashmir.
Abdullah has also been interrogated by Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) in the alleged scam in January 2018. The investigation into the case is still underway.
Taking cognisance of a CBI FIR, the ED had filed the money laundering case against the NC chief. JKCA office-bearers, including general secretary Mohammed Saleem Khan and former treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza were also mentioned in the FIR of the CBI, reported ANI.
The alleged Rs 113-crore J-K Cricket Association scam case was handed over to the CBI by the High Court after it observed that the state police failed to carry out the probe involving former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.
While transferring the case to the CBI, the High Court Said, “the president of the JKCA is a tall political personality having served as the CM of the state and served as the Union minister in the previous government,” reported ANI
Several other have been interrogated by the CBI in connection with the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam.