CBI files charge sheet against Farooq Abdullah

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed a charge sheet against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and three others in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association case. Mr. Abdullah was the Association president.

Among those named in the charge sheet are Association general secretary Mohammed Salim Khan, Treasurer Ahsan Ahmed Mirza and Jammu and Kashmir Bank executive Basheer Ahmad Misgar.

Between 2002 and 2011, the BCCI had given the association ₹112 crore as grant for promotion of cricket in the State. Of the total amount, ₹43.69 crore was siphoned off, the CBI has alleged.