ED quizzes Farooq Abdullah over J&K cricket body scam

The Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar was questioned for about three hours, an official said, declining to be named.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday questioned National Conference president Farooq Abdullah in connection with its probe in a money laundering case, people familiar with the development said.

Farooq Abdullah was questioned in 2019 and 2020 as well in connection with the case. (PTI)

Abdullah reached the ED office at Rajbagh in Srinagar around 11 am amid tight security. Before going inside the office, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister linked his questioning with the forthcoming assembly elections in the Union territory.

“This will go on till elections are held in Jammu and Kashmir… we will be harassed like this,” Abdullah told reporters.

The Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar was questioned for about three hours, an official said, declining to be named.

On May 27, the ED summoned Abdullah to its Srinagar office in connection with the money laundering case pertaining to the alleged irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The 84-year-old National Conference chief was JKCA president from 2001 to 2012 and the alleged financial irregularities worth ₹113-crore being probed by ED took place between 2004 and 2009.

Former JKCA office bearers, including general secretary Mohammed Saleem Khan and former treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza, have also been booked in the case.