Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday (July 26, 2022) filed a chargesheet against National Conference (NC) national president and former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah in a money laundering case related to Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). Along with Abdullah, the then JKCA officials Ahsan Ahmad Mirza, Mir Manzoor Ghaznfar etc. have also been made accused in the charge sheet. Abdullah and the other accused in the case will appear before it on August 27, 2022.
It may be recalled that the ED is investigating a money laundering case related to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) when Farooq Abdullah was the President of the JKCA from 2001 to 2012. The ED has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint against Farooq Abdullah, Ahsan Ahmad Mirza, Mir Manzoor Ghaznfar and others under the Money Laundering Act 2002 before the Special PMLA Court in Srinagar. Earlier, the supplementary prosecution complaint was filed before the three final attachment orders on February 28, 2020, December 18, 2020, and February 25, 2022. A total of Rs 21.55 crore worth of movable and immovable properties belonging to Farooq Abdullah, Mirza Sons, Mir Manzoor Ghaznfar and Ahsan Ahmad Mirza were attached.
According to the ED, the investigation has found that money was withdrawn unnecessarily from the JKCA bank account. Along with this, JKCA's money was transferred to several private accounts, including the bank accounts of some JKCA officials. The ED had made the FIR registered by the CBI the basis of the investigation in the case. The FIR was registered by the CBI in July 2018. It was accused of wrongfully harming the JKCA and giving a benefit of Rs 43.69 crore to the accused, after which a money laundering probe was launched. In this case, the ED has so far attached assets worth Rs 21.55 crore. Ahsan Ahmad Mirza, the then treasurer of the JKCA, was arrested by the CBI on September 4, 2019.
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