Farooq Abdullah
New Delhi, February 12
Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) chief minister and National Front Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah on Monday received fresh summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money laundering case.
The 86-year-old had been summoned last month too by the agency in connection with the same case, however he had failed to appear before it, citing ill health.
He is the latest opposition leader after Jharkhand's former chief minister Hemant Soren and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, to have been called for questioning by the agency with Lok Sabha poll just weeks away.
The case involves alleged siphoning of funds belonging to the J&K Cricket Association (JKCA), which were reportedly being transferred to personal bank accounts of various people, including the office bearers of the association.
The money laundering probe had started in 2018 after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a chargesheet against the office-bearers.
Abdullah, who was the chairman of the cricket association at the time, was chargesheeted by the Central agency in 2022.
The charge sheet against him claims that during his tenure as the cricket association chief, Abdullah allegedly diverted the funds received by the officials and others in the name of development of the game and used it for personal gains.
The funds were first sent to many private bank accounts and close ones and was later divided among the accused, the chargesheet alleged.
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