Farooq Abdullah Summoned For Questioning Tomorrow In Cash Laundering Case

Nationwide Convention chief and MP Farooq Abdullah has been summoned for questioning tomorrow by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to alleged monetary irregularities within the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Affiliation, turning into the most recent opposition chief to be summoned by the central probe company.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren faces summons in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land rip-off whereas his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who has skipped three summons, faces probe by the company in reference to Delhi liquor coverage case. All three leaders are a part of the INDIA bloc. 

The summons have requested Mr Abdullah, 86, to depose on the ED workplace in Srinagar.

The MP from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat was charge-sheeted by the company, which investigates monetary crimes, within the case in 2022.

The case includes siphoning of funds belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Affiliation, which had been transferred to private financial institution accounts of varied folks together with the workplace bearers of cricket affiliation. The company began a cash laundering investigation on the idea of a chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation towards workplace bearers of the affiliation.

The allegations towards Mr Abdullah, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, is that he ”misused” his place because the president of the affiliation and made appointments within the sports activities physique in order that the BCCI-sponsored funds might be laundered. 

Mr Abdullah was the JKCA president from 2001 to 2012. 

The alleged rip-off, which is being investigated each by the CBI and the ED, apparently occurred between 2004 and 2009.