Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 13: The decision of the National Conference president and former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah to skip his appearance before the Enforcement Directorate office at Srinagar raised many questions.
Like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the National Conference stalwart is repeatedly avoiding questioning of the investigation agencies in the infamous Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam.
For the second time in a month, Dr Farooq Abdullah skipped his appearance before the ED office in Srinagar.
Despite being summoned by the ED, this is the second time Abdullah has skipped visiting the ED office.
Despite repeated summons, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has been skipping appearances before the Enforcement Directorate since May 2002 when he was questioned by the federal investigation agency.
On January 10, this year, a summons was issued to Dr. Farooq Abdullah in which he was asked to appear before the ED, but he skipped his appearance, cit Like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the NC stalwart is repeatedly avoiding questioning.
For the second time in a month, Dr Farooq skipped his appearance before the ED office in Srinagar.
Despite being summoned by the ED, this is the second time Abdullah has skipped visiting the ED office.
Dr Farooq has been skipping appearances before the Enforcement Directorate since May 2002.
Earlier, Dr. Farooq Abdullah skipped his appearance before the Court in 2022 in the same scam for “health reasons.”
In May 2022, Dr. Farooq Abdullah was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over three hours in connection with the J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) scam being investigated by the agency.
After being quizzed by the investigation agency first time in this case, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has never appeared before the Enforcement Directorate despite repeated summons.
The 86-year-old National Conference leader had earlier recorded his statement in the same case in 2019.
On Monday evening, the enforcement directorate summoned the NC president for questioning in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA).
In 2022, a chargesheet was filed against Farooq Abdullah in a money laundering case related to the alleged financial irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. | 