Farooq skips ED summon

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 11: The National Conference (NC) president and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah didn’t appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case today on health grounds.
Abdullah sent a communication to the ED office in Srinagar through email and in person and sought an exemption on health grounds.
The ED had summoned Abdullah to appear before its Srinagar office for questioning today in money laundering case for which he was charge-sheeted by the agency in 2022.
The case involves siphoning of funds belonging to the JKCA, which were transferred to personal bank accounts of various people including the office bearers of the association. The agency started a money laundering investigation on the basis of a charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against office bearers of the association.
The allegations against Abdullah are that he “misused” his position as the president of the association and made appointments in the sports body so that the BCCI-sponsored funds could be laundered.