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| Accused include people linked to ruling coalition, ex-bureaucrats, hoteliers | | JKCA scam: Probe report indicts 50, acquits Farooq Abdullah | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 20: The police has made stunning revelations in its probe into multi-crore scam in J&K Cricket Association, indicting nearly 50 office bearers of the JKCA.
Early Times is in possession of the 173-page 'confidential' status report, which on its page 27 reveals there is a prima facie evidence against 50 office bearers of the JKCA.
JKCA president and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah, who was earlier dubbed as the main accused in the scam by the opposition political parties, does not figure in the list of the 50 people.
There are, however, names of the office bearers who have strong connections with the ruling coalition. Some of them are retired bureaucrats, some owners of construction agencies, some hoteliers, and there are a few who have represented the state in Rajni championships in the past.
Sources privy to this development said the persons who had filed PIL in the High Court were expecting just few names of the tainted, but surprisingly after the court ordered police to file the status of the investigations, scores of names have come to the fore.
"The ruling BJP-PDP coalition would find themselves in a tight spot as several names included in the list of the tainted have their associations with the government," sources said.
The police report reads: "The advances so allowed in favour of the functionaries is off the records/books of the association, the accounts whereof have not been placed anywhere. This clearly indicates that the lavish behaviour as exercised by the JKCA working body/office bearers on the financial aspect has allowed to drain out the huge amounts, thereby putting the association/public money to heavy loss, as the amounts so siphoned has been drawn against the secured over the draft against charge of huge interests by the bank.
"This is addition to the amount having remained outstanding for last so many years, where the office bearers have slept over the issue and have not discharged their obligatory/ legitimate duties related to their responsibility and assignments."
The status report of the police reads that a total transaction of Rs 17,93,60,490, has taken place through the accounts during their operational period.
"It has come to fore that working bodies elected/selected from time to time have opened the accounts at various banks at their sweet will, ignoring the basic concept/skill of regular and efficient accounting method where proper transparency and error proof system is ensured. The opening number of accounts creates a mess and gives way to financial indiscipline as is evident from the scenario," the report says.
The next date of hearing in the case is scheduled to be held on July 27. |
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