“It was alleged that the BCCI had given Rs 112 crore (approx) to JKCA from the year 2002 to 2011 as a grant for the promotion of the game of cricket in the State, out of which Rs 43.69 crore (approx) was siphoned off and misappropriated by the accused persons.
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI The CBI on Monday filed a charge sheet against former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and three others for allegedly misappropriating over Rs 43 crore from grants given by the BCCI to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association for promoting cricket in the state between 2002 to 2011.
In its charge sheet filed in a special court here, the CBI alleged that Abdullah as the association president at that time had connived with the treasurer of JKCA and others for undue siphoning off and misappropriation of funds, a CBI spokesperson said in New Delhi.
The CBI has charged Abdullah and three others — the then JKCA general secretary Md Saleem Khan and the then treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza, as also J&K Bank executive Bashir Ahmad Misgar — under Ranbir Penal Code provisions related to criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust.
“It was alleged that the BCCI had given Rs 112 crore (approx) to JKCA from the year 2002 to 2011 as grant for the promotion of game of cricket in the State, out of which Rs 43.69 crore (approx) was siphoned off and misappropriated by the accused persons,” the agency said in a statement.
The CBI had taken over the case from the state police in 2015 on orders of a division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
The bench comprising the then Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat had pronounced the order on September 3, 2015 on a PIL filed by two cricketers — Majid Yaqoob Dar and Nissar Ahmad Khan — into the alleged scam.
Abdullah in his response to the High Court had refuted the allegations claiming that his name was being dragged to tarnish his political image.
President Has Full Faith In Judiciary: NC
The National Conference said on Monday that its president Farooq Abdullah has full faith in the judicial system and will cooperate with the court’s proceedings, hours after the CBI chargesheeted him and three others for allegedly misappropriating over Rs 43 crore from grants given by the BCCI to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association.
“President Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah has full faith in the judicial system and re-asserts his commitment to cooperate with the court’s proceedings in the matter relating to certain financial transactions of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association,” the NC said in a statement.
Earlier in the day, the CBI filed a chargesheet before a special court here and alleged that Abdullah as the association president between 2002 to 2011 had connived with the treasurer of JKCA and others for undue siphoning off and misappropriation of funds.
The NC claimed it was Abdullah who had sought registration of an FIR into the alleged embezzlement of funds.
“Farooq Abdullah has led his life guided by the strictest principles of selfless public service and probity. He is certain that truth shall prevail,” the party added.
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