National Conference president Farooq Abdullah did not appear before the Court in a money laundering case related to the alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) here on Saturday due to health issues. As the case, before the Court of Principal District & Sessions Judge, Srinagar, was called, Abdullah’s counsel Ishtiyaq Ahmad Khan said the NC chief is not able to attend the court due to health issues.
The judge told Khan that Abdullah should be present in the Court on the next date of hearing, which is listed on Sept 26. The Advocate assured it that the Ex-J-K CM will attend that hearing. The Court had on July 23 issued summons to Abdullah on a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against him & others in the JKCA money laundering case.
Abdullah, the Member of Parliament from Srinagar, has been questioned multiple times by the agency in this case. He was the JKCA president from 2001 to 2012 & the scam being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) & the ED is about alleged financial misappropriation between 2004 & 2009.
The ED has attached properties worth over Rs 21 crore in the case already. This includes Rs 11.86 crore of immovable assets belonging to Abdullah. The Enforcement Directorate alleged that its probe so far has revealed that Ahsan Ahmad Mirza (former treasurer, JKCA) in connivance with other office-bearers of the JKCA, had misappropriated JKCA funds to the tune of Rs 51.90 crore & utilised proceeds of crime for settling his personal & business liabilities”.
The agency initiated the money laundering probe against the JKCA office-bearers on the basis of a case registered at the Rammunshi Bagh police station in Srinagar. The case was later transferred to the CBI on the high court’s directions.
The CBI has filed a chargesheet in the case against the former JKCA office-bearers for misappropriation of funds to the tune of Rs 43.69 crore.
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