SRINAGAR The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday could not file the charge sheet in multi crore scam in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) as the accused were not present.
As a team of CBI came to file the charge sheet in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Srinagar, the accused, including former chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah were not present. The court directed the CBI that all the accused should remain present in the court when the charge sheet is filed.
It was learnt that Dr Abdullah, who was chairman of the JKCA, was out of the country while other accused, who were present in the court also left when CBI could approach the court for filing the charge sheet. The CBI had sent a summon to all the accused to remain present in the court. The case pertained to alleged embezzlement of over 112 crore at the JKCA in 2012
The high court on 9 March last year had handed over the probe to CBI, observing that police investigation lacked both speed and credibility and that lack of will to dig out the scamsters was writ large on the face of its performance.
Having regard for the quantum and magnitude of the scam involving huge loss of public money and failure of (police) to conduct the investigation with speed, fairness and objectivity and given the inordinate delay in concluding the investigation coupled with lack of credibility the (police) and also taking into consideration the serious allegations made against the, beneficiaries involved including the influential and mighty, we are of the considered opinion that it is a fit case where the investigation must be handed over to CBI for purposes of a fair and result oriented investigation, the high court had said and order the courts registry judicial to send a copy of the judgment to the Director CBI for taking the investigation. It directed the CBI to bring ingestion to a logical conclusion, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within six months.
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