Farooq Abdullah skips Enforcement Directorate summons

Srinagar, February 13

Summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah has informed the agency he will not appear before it here on Tuesday as he is out of town. The ED had summoned Abdullah (86) to appear before its office in Srinagar on Tuesday.

For the second time in the past month, Abdullah has failed to appear before the Central agency.

Sources say that Abdullah informed the ED that he was not in Srinagar and expressed his inability to appear in the case. Earlier on January 11, the he had skipped ED summons on health grounds.

The case is about the alleged siphoning-off of J&K Cricket Association funds by transfer to personal bank accounts of unrelated parties, including office-bearers of the JKCA.

In September 2015, Jammu and Kashmir High Court transferred the case to CBI for probe while indicting Jammu and Kashmir police for failing to carry out an investigation.