Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 1: National and International Footballers Forum (NIFF) levelled serious allegations of financial bungling in the Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA).
In a statement issued here, it said that an emergency meeting of the NIFF was held to take necessary action against the embezzlement of funds in Mufti Memorial League and Khelo India which were conducted by JKFA in the financial year 2017-18.
“Huge amounts of money such as Rs 60 lakh was received for Khelo India and Rs 1 crore (Advance) was received for Mufti Memorial tournament in the name of 22 districts of J&K, but nothing was paid to them,” it said.
It asserted that by using fake statements, JKFA president and secretary are now trying to divert the issue of fraud by levelling baseless allegations on setups like SFA.
“JKFA unconstitutionally sanctioned Rs 15 lakhs for one particular private club whereas other clubs are struggling for grant of even Rs 1000 from the JKFA,” the NIFF alleged.
Stakeholders of football in J&K have right to question the organization of JKFA of how much money they have received for the welfare of the game from various quarters. “But the documents disclosed that over the period of time, the huge frauds in preparing the accounts for Mufti Memorial Football Tournament and Khelo India where JKFA has shown huge amounts being spent in districts which is far from being true,” NIFF alleged.
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