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| JKCA scam: ‘Sword of Damocles’ again hangs over Farooq Abdullah’s head | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 16: Worries ahead for former Chief Minister and president of National Conference as the court has decided to hear charges in the infamous Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam on July 6.
The veteran politician of the country, Dr. Farooq Abdullah had earlier served as president of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). He was earlier summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED several times earlier in the same case.
As per reports, the trial court on Thursday started an effective hearing in the multi-crore scam on framing of charges against the accused persons involved in the case and kept the matter for further hearing.
Notably, the scam was exposed in the year 2012 when Muhammad Aslam Goni, the then JKCA managing committee chairman, lodged an FIR with the police against two office bearers of the JKCA. He accused the duo of pushing the funds into bogus bank accounts created in the name of the association.
From 2006 to 2012, the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) had given a whopping amount of Rs 113 crore to the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association as a grant for the promotion of cricket in J&K.
Of this, Rs. 43.69 crore was allegedly siphoned off and misappropriated by some office-bearers of the Association.
It was alleged that during this period, the then president of Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association Dr. Farooq Abdullah connived with the treasurer of JKCA and others to siphon off the funds.
Mir Manzoor Gazanfar, who resigned as the treasurer of JKCA in 2008, had claimed that Dr. Abdullah visited his hotel in Srinagar and made him sign blank cheques. |
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