ED quizzes Farooq in JKCA fund embezzlement case

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 19

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today questioned former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with its probe in a case related to alleged embezzlement of J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) funds, agency officials said.

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The ED had summoned Abdullah at 11 am today at its Raj Bagh office in Srinagar where he was questioned regarding the JKCA funds. The investigation in the case has been going on for the past two years, they added.

The officials said the National Conference leader recorded his statement, as he did on an earlier occasion when the agency had questioned him.

They said the ED case was based on an FIR filed by the CBI, which booked former JKCA office-bearers, including general secretary Mohammed Saleem Khan and former treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza in the case.

The CBI filed a chargesheet against Abdullah, Khan, Mirza as well as Mir Manzoor Gazanffer Ali, Bashir Ahmad Misgar and Gulzar Ahmad Beigh (former accountant) for “misappropriation of JKCA funds amounting to Rs 43.69 crore” from the grants given by the BCCI between 2002-11.