THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Srinagar, Jan 11: Farooq Abdullah, the President of the National Conference, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to appear for questioning on Thursday about an alleged money laundering case, agency sources stated.
The federal agency has summoned the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir to appear at their Srinagar office on Thursday for questioning.
Sources report that as part of the ED’s probe into the alleged financial scandal in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), Abdullah has been summoned.
The ED had earlier in July 2022 filed a supplementary chargesheet in the case against Abdullah.
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What is the case?
The case revolves around the embezzlement of funds from the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), wherein money was illicitly transferred to different personal bank accounts, including those of unrelated parties and JKCA office bearers. Additionally, unexplained cash withdrawals from JKCA bank accounts are also under scrutiny.
Based on a chargesheet filed by the CBI on July 11, 2018, against six JKCA office bearers in the case dated September 21, 2015, for the offences under several sections of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) pari materia to several sections of the IPC for wrongful gain to the accused amounting to Rs 43.69 crore and wrongful loss to JKCA, the ED began an investigation into money laundering.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has identified a total of Rs 51.90 crore as the proceeds of crime in this case. Out of this amount, assets totaling Rs 21.55 crore have been attached by the ED.
Ahsan Ahmad Mirza, the JKCA treasurer at the time, was earlier arrested by the ED on September 4, 2019, and a prosecution complaint was lodged against him on November 1, 2019.
