CBI CHARGE SHEET AGAINST FAROOQ, 3 OTHERS IN J&K CRICKET SCAM

SRINAGAR: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a charge sheet against the National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and three others in connection with the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam.

Two former JKCA members and an ex- executive of the J&K Bank have also been charged by the probe agency.

In the 8,000-page chargesheet, filed before the Srinagar chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Aijaz Ahmad Khan, the probe agency has levelled charges of criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust under the Ranbir Penal Code against the former J&K CM who has been named as accused number four, along with two other former JKCA office-bearers — former general secretary Saleem Khan, former treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza and J&K Bank executive Bashir Ahmad Misgar. The CJM has accepted the chargesheet and is likely to pass further orders in the coming days.

The BCCI gave ₹112 crore to the JKCA between 2002 and 2011 for the development of cricket facilities in the state. Of this, ₹43.69 crore was siphoned off by the accused, the CBI said. NC president was heading the JKCA during the period during which this misappropriation took place.

The CBI had registered the case on September 21, 2015, in compliance with the orders of the J&K high court. Officials said the charge sheet has been filed against the accused persons for offences committed under section 120B, (criminal conspiracy) 406 (criminal breach of trust) 409 (criminal breach of trust in respect of certain articles and misappropriation Ranbir Penal Code.