ED quizzes Farooq in JKCA fraud 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, officials in the agency said.

The agency 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 is 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.