ED grills Farooq Abdullah in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam
India TV NewsThe Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah in connection with the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association scam. According to reports, the agency grilled Farooq in connection with a money laundering probe in a case related to the alleged irregularities of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association funds when he was the chairman of J&K Cricket Association. The ED case is based on an FIR filed by the CBI, which booked former JKCA office-bearers, including general secretary Mohammed Saleem Khan and former treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza. The CBI later filed a chargesheet against Abdullah, Khan, Mirza as well as Mir Manzoor Gazanffer Ali, Bashir Ahmad Misgar and Gulzar Ahmad Beigh for the "misappropriation of JKCA funds amounting to Rs 43.69 crore" from grants given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to promote the sport in the state between 2002-11.