Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 12 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today failed to file the charge sheet in multi crore scam in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) in a local Court.
As a team of CBI came to file the charge sheet in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar Aijaz Ahmad Khan, the accused including former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah were not present. The Court directed the CBI that all the accused should remain present in the Court when the charge sheet is filed.
The accused, the then general secretary of JKCA Salim Khan, the then treasurer Ihsan Mirza and Jammu and Kashmir Bank Manager Bashir Ahmad were asked by the CBI to be present in the Court of CJM Srinagar, Aijaz Ahmad Khan at 2 pm today.
Senior Advocate Bashir Ahmad Bashir, one of the Counsels for Salim Khan and Ihsan Mirza, told Excelsior that he along with his clients and Advocate Reyaz Jan were present in the CJM Court at 1:30 pm but CBI failed to reach the court on time for filing the chargesheet.
Advocate Bashir said that they along with the clients left the CJM Court at around 2:45 pm after seeking permission from the CJM as CBI failed to reach the court on time.
The Advocate said that the CBI team reached the Court at around 3:30 pm and were asked by the CJM to bring the accused before the Court for filing the chargesheet. The CJM refused to accept the chargesheet in absence of accused. However, the CJM asked them to file the chargesheet on Saturday in presence of the accused.
Dr Abdullah, who was chairman of the JKCA, was out of the country while other accused, who were present in the Court, also left when CBI approached the Court for filing the charge sheet. The CBI had sent a summon to all the accused to remain present in the Court. The case pertained to alleged embezzlement of over Rs 112 crore at the JKCA in 2012.
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