The Central Bureau of Investigation filed a charge sheet in the multi-crore J&K Cricket Association scam,
before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar,on Monday against four accused, including the President of National Conference and former chief minister of J&K Farooq Abdullah.
Farooq Abdullah figures as accused no. 4 in the charge sheet which is over 8,000 pages long.
Charges have been framed against the accused in the much reported cricket scam for the offences committed under Sections 120B, 406 & 409 of the Ranbir Penal Code, as in the state of Jammu And Kashmir the Indian Penal Code is not applicable, instead the state has it’s own Ranbir Penal Code.
Charges levelled by the CBI against the accused are of criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust against Abdullah, the then president of JKCA, Md Saleem Khan — the then general secretary, Ahsan Ahmad Mirza — the then treasurer and Bashir Ahmad Misgar, an executive in the J&K Bank.
Between 2002 and 2011 the BCCI released funds worth Rs 112 crore to the JKCA for the development of cricket and creating infrastructural facilities in the state of J&K with an eye on the future of cricket in the state. CBI has claimed in the charge sheet that out of Rs. 112 crore, Rs 43.69 crore was allegedly siphoned off by the accused and misappropriated by the abuse of positions they were holding in the association.
