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SFA money ‘benefits aides’ of former terrorists
11/17/2022 10:54:18 PM
Early Times Report

Jammu, Nov 17: Even as the State Football Academy established during the previous Peoples Democratic Party led regime has come under the scanner for mutli-crore scam, the government funds were transferred into personal accounts of some “aides” of former terrorists.
Official sources said while the SFA was established on September 1, 2017, within a few months of its creation, one influential group including, a brother-duo doing government job, and two former militants who surrendered in 90s formed a forum of footballers, to “indirectly loot the public money.”
Sources said a footballer brother duo, who managed their transfer to the SFA, subsequently got public money diverted into their family run hotel account in Munawarabad and also into the accounts of persons close to their football forum.
“This so called forum of national and international footballers was actually looting the public money and the same can be verified from numerous transactions done from the SFA account. In one instance alone between 14-11-2017 and 25-2018, the government money was unlawfully transferred into the family account of private business,” a senior official privy to the details told the Early Times on the condition of anonymity.
It was reliably learnt that the former militant duo has been heading the forum since. “A reason why former militants were made to head was to show the ‘power of the forum’ in the sports circles of Kashmir,” said a source privy to the developments.
It was reliably learnt that a broker close to a former Cabinet minister, accused of minting fortunes, was also among the beneficiaries of the forum, as they would use the banner of the forum to meet their personal interests.
What is even shocking is that one of the aides of the said forum who has done forth marriage in Budgam district continues to call the shots in football activities.
“The problem is that the complaints against the SFA beneficiaries were not taken seriously, otherwise why would two brothers who are themselves government servants be allowed to loot public money as has been confirmed by the bank transactions. For that matter their family is known for scams because even their family head faces charges of corruption,” said a source in the know of the financial discrepancies at the SFA.
As already reported by the Early Times, a complaint in this regard reached corridors of power in New Delhi with the government seeking a high level inquiry into the matter. It was reliably learnt that the matter is being looked into.
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