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| JKCA scam: You can't take court for granted, HC tells Farooq Abdullah | | Gives him one week for filing reply | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 2: Observing that president J&K Cricket Association Farooq Abdullah cannot take court for granted, the state High Court today granted one week's time to him for filing his response to the averments in a Public Interest Litigation alleging misappropriation of funds to the tune of Rs 113 crore in the association.
As the hearing in a PIL started before a division bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice B S Walia, Farooq's counsel Jehangir Iqbal Ganai said the copy of the police's latest status report was not provided to him yet.
However, counsel for the petitioners said that Farooq needs to file reply to the PIL on his own for which the court has already granted him time.
"Will you not file reply on your own?" the division bench asked Ganie. Ganie said that Farooq was out of the country for a health checkup.
"We are not concerned… it is so evasive. You cannot take the court for granted," the bench said. Finally, Farooq's counsel pleaded for week's time which the court granted to him for filing the reply.
On March 10, 2012 police had registered a case (FIR no. 27/2012) following a complaint from then chairman JKCA, Mohammad Aslam Goni through a fax mentioning that as per the report of then treasurer Manzoor Ahmad Wazir, bogus accounts on JKCA funds had been operated in various J&K Bank accounts by the ex-general secretary and then treasurer under their joint signatures. Goni had also alleged misappropriation of funds.
Initially the investigation of the case was carried by SHO of police station Ram Munshi bagh but later District Police Headquarters Srinagar constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by then SDPO Nehru Park for the purpose.
During the course of investigation, the police seized JKCA's records from its headquarters at Sonwar as well as residential places of the alleged accused- Mohammad Saleem Khan and Ahsan Ahmad Mirza.
"The bank records relating to JKCA accounts were obtained and the statements of witnesses were recorded. During the course of investigation details relating to CCRs/FDRs prepared in the various bank branches were also obtained/seized which were operated by JKCA functionaries from time to time," the police had said.
In the meantime, police said, necessary correspondence was made with Administrative Officer BCCI Mumbai wherefrom the details of payments made by JKCA was obtained for the financial year 2002-03 up to December 31, 2011, aggregating to Rs 112.67 crore through cheques from time to time. Subsequently, the bank accounts of JKCA central body were frozen. |
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