The head of the National Conference and Member of Parliament, Farooq Abdullah, has been called by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before it tomorrow regarding suspected financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. This makes him the most recent opposition figure to be called by the central investigative body.
Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren is being summoned in a money-laundering case related to an alleged land fraud, while Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal, who has ignored three summonses, is being investigated by the agency in relation to a case involving the Delhi liquor policy. The INDIA bloc includes all three of the leaders.
The body that looks into financial crimes filed charges against the MP from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in 2022.
The case concerns the embezzlement of cash from the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, which were moved to the personal bank accounts of a number of individuals, including the association’s office bearers.
Mr. Abdullah, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, is accused of “misusing” his presidency of the organization and appointing people to positions of authority inside the sports organisation in order to launder money supported by the BCCI.
The purported fraud appears to have occurred between 2004 and 2009 and is the subject of an investigation by the ED and the CBI.
