JKCA Scam: Farooq Abdullah To Appear In A Special Court

JKCA scam: Accused including Dr. Farooq Abdullah appear in a special court on February 11.

The trial of the J&K Cricket Association scam worth over crores of rupees of Jammu and Kashmir will now be held in the special court handling the money laundering case.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar has referred the matter to this court. Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar Nagar Gohar Majeed Dalal referred the matter to the Chief District Sessions Judge Srinagar.

This court has been created to look into money laundering cases.

The name of Dr. Farooq Abdullah has also been topped in this scam and a charge sheet has also been filed against him before the Chief Judicial Magistrate.

Dr. Abdullah is currently out on bail in this case. After presenting the matter in the special court, the court has issued orders that all the accused charged with it should appear in the court on 11 February.

CBI is investigating the crores of rupees scam in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association. The CBI was instructed in the High Court to complete the investigation within six months.

However, the CBI also sought additional time from the High Court from time to time to complete the investigation. The investigation of this case was completed in the year 2018.

After which the CI told the court that all the formalities of the case have been completed and the challan has also been presented in the court.

The CBI also took 368 documents related to the scam from the Srinagar police.

In this investigation, the CBI had also obtained documents related to the scam in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association’s Srinagar office, BBCI Mumbai, HDFC Bank Mohali, ICICI Bank, Chennai.

Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s various branches in Jammu and Srinagar. Apart from this, more than 75 people of BCCI, JKCA, and banks were also questioned.

An investigation had revealed that from April 2002 to 31 December 2011, the BCCI had given Rs 112 crore 33 lakh 4618 to JKCA.

A lot of money from this amount went to the account of various people, either of whom was JKCA officials and some had no connection with JKCA.