Chargesheet filed in opposition to Farooq Abdullah in J&Okay cricket rip-off case

By PTI

NEW DELHI:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday stated it has filed a chargesheet in opposition to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and a few others in reference to its cash laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities within the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA).

The prosecution criticism was filed on June 4 earlier than a particular Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) courtroom in Srinagar, it stated in a press release.

The ED has additionally arraigned Ahsan Ahmad Mirza and Mir Manzoor Gazanffer, each former treasurers of JKCA, and a few others as accused within the chargesheet.

The courtroom has summoned the accused to look earlier than it on August 27, it stated.

Mirza was arrested by the ED in September, 2019, and a chargesheet was filed in opposition to him in November that 12 months.

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The trial is underway. Abdullah has been questioned a number of instances by the company on this case. The federal probe company has hooked up belongings belonging to Abdullah and others value Rs 21.55 crore below three separate orders issued by it prior to now.

“The case relates to the siphoning off the funds of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association by way of transfer to various personal bank accounts of unrelated parties, including those of office-bearers of JKCA and by way of unexplained cash withdrawals from JKCA bank accounts,” the ED stated.

The company’s case is predicated on a 2018 chargesheet filed by the CBI in opposition to the identical accused.

The CBI chargesheet, that additionally names former accountants Bashir Ahmad Misgar and Gulzar Ahmad Beigh, alleged the “misappropriation of JKCA funds amounting to Rs 43.69 crore” from grants given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to advertise the game within the erstwhile state between 2002 and 2011.

The ED had earlier stated its probe discovered that JKCA obtained Rs 94.06 crore from BCCI in three financial institution accounts throughout the monetary years 2005-2006 to 2011-2012 (as much as December 2011).

It had alleged that a number of different financial institution accounts had been opened below JKCA into which the funds had been transferred. The new financial institution accounts in addition to the beforehand current ones had been later used for laundering JKCA funds, it stated.

NEW DELHI:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday stated it has filed a chargesheet in opposition to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah and a few others in reference to its cash laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities within the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA).

The prosecution criticism was filed on June 4 earlier than a particular Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) courtroom in Srinagar, it stated in a press release.

The ED has additionally arraigned Ahsan Ahmad Mirza and Mir Manzoor Gazanffer, each former treasurers of JKCA, and a few others as accused within the chargesheet.

The courtroom has summoned the accused to look earlier than it on August 27, it stated.

Mirza was arrested by the ED in September, 2019, and a chargesheet was filed in opposition to him in November that 12 months.

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The trial is underway. Abdullah has been questioned a number of instances by the company on this case. The federal probe company has hooked up belongings belonging to Abdullah and others value Rs 21.55 crore below three separate orders issued by it prior to now.

“The case relates to the siphoning off the funds of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association by way of transfer to various personal bank accounts of unrelated parties, including those of office-bearers of JKCA and by way of unexplained cash withdrawals from JKCA bank accounts,” the ED stated.

The company’s case is predicated on a 2018 chargesheet filed by the CBI in opposition to the identical accused.

The CBI chargesheet, that additionally names former accountants Bashir Ahmad Misgar and Gulzar Ahmad Beigh, alleged the “misappropriation of JKCA funds amounting to Rs 43.69 crore” from grants given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to advertise the game within the erstwhile state between 2002 and 2011.

The ED had earlier stated its probe discovered that JKCA obtained Rs 94.06 crore from BCCI in three financial institution accounts throughout the monetary years 2005-2006 to 2011-2012 (as much as December 2011).

It had alleged that a number of different financial institution accounts had been opened below JKCA into which the funds had been transferred. The new financial institution accounts in addition to the beforehand current ones had been later used for laundering JKCA funds, it stated.