NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah in connection with the alleged misappropriation of Rs 94.06 crore when he was the chairman of J&K Cricket Association.
ED officials said the National Conference president's statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as in the past.
Abdullah's son Omar Abdullah tweeted that the National Conference would be responding to the ED summons shortly.
"This is nothing less than political vendetta coming days after the formation of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration. To set the record straight no raids are being conducted at Dr Sahib's residence," he tweeted.
The ED case, based on an FIR filed by the CBI, booked former JKCA office-bearers, including general secretary Mohammed Saleem Khan and former treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza.
The CBI filed a chargesheet against Abdullah, Khan, Mirza as well as Mir Manzoor Gazanffer Ali, Bashir Ahmad Misgar and Gulzar Ahmad Beigh (former accountant of JKCA) based on an FIR filed by CBI.
The chargesheet was filed for the "misappropriation of JKCA funds amounting to Rs 43.69 crore" from grants given by the BCCI to promote the sport in the state between 2002-11.
The ED said its probe found that JKCA received Rs 94.06 crore from BCCI in three different bank accounts during financial years 2005–2006 to 2011–2012 (up to December 2011).
Farooq Abdullah was the president of JKCA when the alleged irregularities were noticed in the state cricket body between 2001 and 2011.
(With inputs from PTI)