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| JKCA scam: HC reserves order on handing over probe to other agency | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 24: The State high court today reserved orders on whether or not to handing over to Crime Branch the probe of alleged misappropriation of Rs 113 crore in J&K Cricket Association (JKCA). The case is currently being investigated by the J&K Police.
"Whether the crime branch can go to BCCI and make investigation..The funds are flowing from Mumbai (BCCI) and will the Crime Branch can go there and investigate? Or central agency is assigned the job," a Division bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice B L Bhat told counsel appearing for various parties. "We want completion of investigation at an earliest," the division bench added as it sought the response from the counsel. Senior advocate R A Jan submitted that in wake of the amendment in criminal procedure code, time be granted to respond to the court query. The division bench posted the case after the lunch break and as the case, a Public Interest Litigation, came for hearing again, advocate Jan said that Crime Branch of police has been given enough powers to investigate the case outside the state also.
Counsel for Farooq Abdullah, the 'president of JKCA', submitted that police has already complete investigation to some extent and it should be allowed to carry with the investigation and compete the same. Other counsel representing various parties argued in support of completion of the investigation at the earliest. After hearing all the parties, the division bench reserved the orders.
On last date of hearing, police said that it was not averse if the investigation was handed over to some other agency.
"We are not averse to if the investigation is handed over to any other agency. We have no objections," Additional Advocate General Asif Ahmad Bhat told the division bench. On March 10, 2012 police had registered a case (FIR 27/2012) following a complaint from then chairman JKCA, Mohammad Aslam Goni through a fax mentioning that as per the report of then treasurer, Manzoor Ahmad Wazir, bogus accounts on JKCA funds have been operated in the various J&K Bank accounts by the ex-General Secretary and then Treasurer under their joint signatures. Goni had also alleged misappropriation of funds.
Initially the investigation of the case was carried by SHO of police station Ram Munishibagh but later District Police Headquarters Srinagar constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by then SDPO Nehru Park for the purpose. During the course of the investigation, the police has said, JKCA official records were seized from its Headquarters at Sonwar as well as residential places of alleged accused. "The bank records relating to JKCA accounts were obtained and the statements of witnesses were recorded. During the course of investigation details relating to CCRs/FDRs prepared in the various bank branches were also obtained/seized which were operated by JKCA functionaries from time to time."
In the meantime, police said, necessary correspondence was made with Administrative Officer BCCI Mumbai wherefrom the details of payments made by JKCA was obtained from the financial year 2002-03 up to December 31 2011 aggregating to Rs 113.67 crores through cheque from time to time and subsequently the bank accounts of JKCA central body were freezed. |
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