Farooq Abdullah (File Photo/News18)
Before going inside the ED office, the former chief minister linked his questioning by the ED to the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
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The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned National Conference President Farooq Abdullah for over three hours in a money laundering case related to alleged financial irregularities in Jammu and Kashmir. Cricket organization. The Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar reached the ED office at Rajbagh at around 11 am. Before going inside the ED office, the former chief minister linked his questioning by the ED to the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
I will not say much (about summons) that elections are to be held and they will trouble us till then, he said. He looked relaxed as he left the office after being grilled for nearly three-and-a-half hours but refused to answer questions from the media waiting outside. The ED had on May 27 summoned Abdullah to its Srinagar office in connection with the case. Officials said the 84-year-old former three-time chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir state had recorded his statement in the same case in 2019. The National Conference said veteran leaders would continue to cooperate with the authorities as they have done in the past. Abdullah was the president of the JKCA from 2001 to 2012 and the scam, being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the ED, is about alleged financial misappropriation between 2004 and 2009.
The ED has already attached assets worth over Rs 21 crore. This includes Abdullah’s immovable assets worth Rs 11.86 crore. The ED claimed that its investigation so far has revealed that Ahsan Ahmed Mirza in connivance with other JKCA functionaries had misappropriated Rs 51.90 crore JKCA funds and used the proceeds of crime to settle his personal and business liabilities. was used.
It initiated a money laundering probe against JKCA functionaries based on a case registered at Rammunshi Bagh police station in Srinagar. Later, on the directions of the High Court, the case was transferred to the CBI.
CBI has filed a charge sheet against former JKCA office bearers in connection with misappropriation of funds to the tune of Rs 43.69 crore.
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