Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 8: A probe into multi-crore scandal in J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) seems heading nowhere even after two years after it was ordered.
The Omar Abdullah government had ordered the probe after the media highlighted how JKCA officials had allegedly swindled at least 6 crores rupees allotted by the Board Of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) for promotion of the game in the state.
The JKCA officials had opened at least six bank accounts in different branches of J&K Bank. They had withdrawn Rs 60979852 from February 2009 to March 2012 from one account in J&K Bank's Khanyar, Srinagar branch.
The tainted JKCA officials had opened an account (No: 0101050301824615) on February 19, 2009 and deposited an amount of Rs 1 crore in it. On August 12, 2010, the JKCA officials withdrew the interest amount of Rs. 11510707 from the account through a cheque (No: 010105030182).
In another account (No: 0101050301824621) also created on February 19, 2009, an amount of Rs 12122353 was deposited through TRF. Again, on August 12, 2010, an amount of Rs 13953685, including interest money of Rs 1831332, was withdrawn from the account.
Similarly, in account No: 0101050301824619, an amount of Rs 1 crore was deposited on the opening date, and subsequently an amount of Rs 1571500, Rs 715376, Rs 215020 and Rs 220287 were added to the principal amount. Hence, the total balance in the account stood at Rs 12722183 which was still there on 10-03-2012.
In the fourth account (No: 0101050301824616) an amount of Rs 1 crore was deposited on February 19, 2009. It generated an interest of Rs 1571500 on August 19, 2010 and Rs 45968 on October 16, 2010. The entire balance of Rs. 11617468 was withdrawn from the account on October 16, 2010.
In the fifth account (No: 0101050301824617) Rs 1 crore was deposited on February 19, 2009. It generated an interest of Rs 1571500 on August 19, 2010, Rs. 377496 on April 2, 2011. The entire balance of Rs 11948996 was withdrawn from the account.
The first five accounts, which had no balance, were declared as closed by the J&K Bank, while an amount of Rs 12722183 is still lying in the sixth account (No: 0101050301824618).
Most of the tainted JKCA officials were considered close to the association president and National Conference patron Dr. Farooq Abdullah.
But even after the NC was routed in the Assembly elections and was replaced by PDP-led coalition government, there seems no headway in the ongoing inquiry into the scandal in JKCA.
"The speed with which the so-called probe has been going on, it will take years to book the culprits who are roaming free after committing big frauds," said a former Ranji cricketer from Jammu, wishing not to be named. |
