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| JKCA scam: HC rejects police status report, directs it to file fresh report | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 6: The state high court today rejected a status report filed by police regarding the investigation into alleged embezzlement of Rs 113.67 crore in J&K Cricket Association.
Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of the court comprising chief justice N Paul Vasanathakumar and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat directed the police to file fresh status report on Monday. It also asked Inspector General of Police to remain present before the court.
"The status report suppresses the material facts including the order passed by Principal District and Sessions Judge Srinagar on July 18 regarding cancellation of the pre-arrest bail to the prime accused," the division bench said. In the status report, the police had stated that custodial questioning of the prime accused, Mohammad Saleem Khan (former general secretary) and Mohammad Ahsan Mirza (ex-treasurer of JKCA) has become inevitable. However, the report said the accused were already granted pre-arrest bail by the Principal and Session's court. The police report had only mentioned that the Sessions court directed the accused to cooperate with the investigation agency but was silent on rejection of the application for the cancellation of the bail. "Without reference to the documents, you have filed the status report. This is purposeful delaying tactics and we are not accepting this status report," the court said and directed the IGP to file fresh status report on Monday. The status report also revealed that financial statements of the JKCA for the financial year 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 shows malicious intentions on part of the signatories to these financial statements as well as auditors of JKCA. On March 10, 2012 police had registered a case (FIR 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 have been operated in the 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 Munishibagh 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 the investigation, the police has said, JKCA official records were seized from its Headquarters at Sonwar as well as residential places of 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." In the meantime, police said, necessary correspondence was made with Administrative Officer BCCI Mumbai wherefrom the details of payments made by JKCA was obtained from the financial year 2002-03 up to December 31 2011 aggregating to Rs 113.67 crores through cheque from time to time and subsequently the bank accounts of JKCA central body were freezed. |
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