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| Shocker for Farooq as BCCI terms Ansari's faction legitimate | | JKCA imbroglio | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sep 20: BCCI has finally declared JKCA's faction led by Imran Ansari as legitimate, allowing it to take part in the national level cricket tournaments. This latest development is considered as big jolt for the faction of the association led by the former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdulllah.
Sources within the association have confirmed that the BCCI has shot letter to the Sports Minister Imran Ansari- terming his faction a legitimate one and has allowed it to take part in the national level cricket tournaments.
Sources said that such a measure from the BCCI has left the faction of Dr Farooq in chaos as same is being seen as a victory for Ansari's group which held elections in the past and won it. Of the 64 club members of the JKCA, 42 voted in an election removing Abdullah from headship of the cricket body.
Though Abdullah, who was re-elected as JKCA President for a three-year term in May 2014, extending his rein which began in 1980, dubbed Ansari's election as "illegal and unconstitutional", saying he still had nearly two years left in his tenure, the verdict of the BCCI is likely to have an impact over the ongoing tussle between the two factions.
Interestingly, JKCA came under scanner for misappropriation of Rs 113.66 crore received from BCCI between April 2002 and December 2011. The money was allegedly swindled by board members to live a lavish lifestyle. Once the rot was out, BCCI stopped funding and thus affected the gentleman's game.
The scam surfaced in March 2012 after JKCA's treasurer Manzoor Wazir filed a police complaint against former office-bearers, Mohammad Saleem Khan (former general secretary) and Ahsan Mirza (former treasurer).
Soon the list of around 50 erred individuals was out. In the police action that ensued, 10 people including Dr Farooq Abdullah faced FIR No 27/2012 under Sections 406, 168 and 120-B of the RPC for making the JKCA a lending agency and for operating many bogus accounts.
Not satisfied with the pace of investigations, the court here last week ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam. The court direction came after a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by two cricket players in which former J-K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is one of the respondents. While a Special Investigating Team (SIT) of J-K Police was investigating the case, the high court was not satisfied with the "pace of work". Over the last two weeks, counsels from both sides were arguing whether the case should be handed over to the CBI or not. |
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