Enforcement Directorate questioned former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah in connection with the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam. As per reports, Farooq Abdullah was summoned to appear before the agency at their Chandigarh office. And around 12.30 pm on Wednesday, he appeared before the financial probe agency. He has been previously interrogated by a team of CBI in the alleged scam in January 2018. The investigation in the case is still on. The reports stated that in 2015, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court handed over the investigation of the alleged Rs 113 crore scam in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) to the CBI while indicting the state police for failing to carry out the probe in which former chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been named. While referring to Abdullah’s name in the scam and citing reasons for handing over the probe to the CBI, the court had said that the president of the JKCA is a “tall political personality” having served as the CM of the state and served as the Union minister in the previous government. The CBI later filed a charge sheet in the case against Dr. Abdullah and three others. The agency alleged misappropriation of funds provided by the BCCI for developing sports infrastructure and organising cricket matches. Dr. Abdullah was the president of the cricket association. Among those arraigned were former association general secretary Saleem Khan, treasurer Ahsan Mirza and bank executive Bashir Ahmed.
