CBI registered a case against two ex-officials and others of the JK Cricket Association (JKCA) to probe alleged misappropriation of Rs 40 crore funds in the cricket body by opening “bogus” bank accounts. Abdullah is not named as an accused in the FIR registered by the agency, agency sources said.

After the scam surfaced in 2012, the BCCI which funded the JKCA for promotion of cricket stopped its funding.

The CBI has registered a case against the then General Secretary Saleem Khan and then Treasurer Mohammad Ahsan Mirza of JKCA.

The High Court bench comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat ordered a CBI probe on September 3 on a PIL filed by cricketers Majid Yaqoob Dar and Nissar Ahmad Khan over the scam that had surfaced in 2012.

JKCA witnesses a multi Crore scam under the leadership of former CM and NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah.

The scam is reportedly worth Rs 113 crores.

According to documents accessed by dna, Abdullah (Sr), alongwith both Khan and Mirza, was found to be held responsible for commission of prima facie offences under Section 406, 168 and 120-B of the Ranbir Penal Code for making JKCA a lending agency and operating as many as 18 bogus bank accounts. “Yes our faction, which is called JKCA(A) has been recognized by the BCCI and the trial teams that our faction has sent have been recognized and selected”, JKCA(A) president and state Sports Minister Imran Reza Ansari told.

The J&K High Court had said Abdullah’s complicity was alleged in granting approval to two contradictory resolutions pertaining to operations of accounts to keep accused Ahsan Mirza in control of financial matters despite his ceasing to be a treasurer after elections in 2011.