New Delhi:
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was as we speak questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) within the J&Okay Financial institution cash laundering case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had earlier booked former J&Okay Financial institution Chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Shaikh and others for alleged irregularities in sanctioning of loans and investments.
Taking cognisance of CBI’s FIR, ED has initiated a Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) probe.
CBI in 2021 had registered a case towards the then administration of J&Okay Financial institution for getting a property from M/s Akruti Gold Builders in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla in 2010 allegedly at an exorbitant price of Rs 180 crore in “blatant disregard to the tendering course of underneath a well-knit conspiracy.”
Mr Abdullah’s celebration, the Jammu Kashmir Nationwide Convention (JKNC), has slammed the Centre, accusing it of utilizing central companies for political functions.
JKNC Vice President Omar Abdullah was known as by the ED to Delhi to look earlier than it as we speak on the grounds that his attendance was essential in reference to an investigation. Regardless that this train is political in nature he’ll cooperate as there is no such thing as a wrongdoing on his half pic.twitter.com/ixYFgnWlHS
— JKNC (@JKNC_) April 7, 2022
“We have now little question that this fishing expedition will yield no concrete outcomes to the BJP and the individuals will give a ringing endorsement to the nationwide convention as and when required,” the celebration stated on Twitter.
The celebration stated there was a time when polls have been introduced by the Election Fee however now plainly they’re introduced by the ED.
“Over current years we have now seen that wherever state elections are due, companies just like the ED transfer in and goal these events who pose a problem to the BJP,” it stated.