ED officials said that the statement from the president of the National Conference will be registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as in the past.
Abdullah’s son Omar Abdullah tweeted that the National Conference would respond to the ED subpoena shortly.
“This is nothing short of a political vendetta that comes days after the formation of the People’s Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration. To be clear, no raids are taking place at Dr. Sahib’s residence,” he tweeted.
The party will respond to this ED subpoena shortly. This is nothing less than political revenge for the next few days … https://t.co/p4M50ZWmRO
– Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) 1603090942000
The ED case, based on an FIR filed by the IWC, registered former JKCA officials, including Secretary General Mohammed Saleem Khan and former Treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza.
The CBI filed a charge sheet against Abdullah, Khan, Mirza, as well as Mir Manzoor Gazanffer Ali, Bashir Ahmad Misgar and Gulzar Ahmad Beigh (former JKCA accountant) based on an FIR filed by CBI.
The charge sheet was filed for the “misappropriation of JKCA funds in the amount of Rs 43.69 crore” from grants awarded by the BCCI to promote the sport in the state between 2002-11.
The ED said its investigation found that JKCA received Rs 94.06 crore from BCCI in three different bank accounts during financial years 2005–2006 to 2011–2012 (up to December 2011).
Farooq Abdullah was the chairman of JKCA when the alleged irregularities in the state cricket corps between 2001 and 2011.
(With PTI inputs)
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