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ED attaches Farooq Abdullah assets worth Rs 11.86cr in money laundering case

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Enforcement directorate attached assets worth Rs 11.86 crore of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and others in connection with Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) money laundering case.

Enforcement Directorate is looking into money-laundering allegations connected to the J&K cricket body. The CBI had in 2018 filed a chargesheet against Mr Abdullah, a National Conference MP, and three others, for alleged misappropriation of ₹ 43.69 crore between 2002-11.

The Enforcement Directorate claimed it has found that between 2006 and 2012, Mr Abdullah misused his position to launder JKCA funds. More than ₹ 45 crore appear to have been siphoned off including large cash withdrawals, it said. 

His assets attached include three residential and one commercial properties and four plots of land in Jammu and Kashmir.

While the book value of these attached properties is ₹ 11.86 crore, their market value is about ₹ 60-70 crore, officials in the agency told news agency PTI.