A court in Srinagar on Thursday reportedly issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah in connection with the alleged Rs 43 crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam.
The order was passed by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar, Tabassum, after Abdullah failed to appear during the hearing for the framing of charges, the Times of India reported.
The court rejected an exemption plea filed on his behalf after his counsel informed the court that Abdullah could neither appear physically nor through virtual mode.
The case is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which in 2018 chargesheeted Abdullah and several others for allegedly siphoning off around Rs 43 crore from grants provided by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to the JKCA.
As per reports, during an earlier hearing, the court observed that there was prima facie evidence against the accused and said the essential ingredients of offences under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 409 of the Ranbir Penal Code were made out.
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