Farooq appears before court in JKCA case, pleads not guilty

Srinagar: Former CM and National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah connected Monday appeared earlier a tribunal successful Srinagar successful Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) lawsuit and pleaded “not guilty” aft the charges were work retired to him.According to peculiar nationalist authoritative Farhat Zia, Farooq appeared done virtual mode earlier the main judicial magistrate. The lawsuit has been listed for prosecution grounds connected April 30.On March 5, the CJM had rejected the erstwhile CM’s plea for exemption from idiosyncratic quality successful the case.In 2018, the CBI charge-sheeted Farooq and others for allegedly siphoning disconnected Rs 43 crore from grants provided by the Board of Control for Cricket successful India to the JKCA betwixt 2002 and 2011, erstwhile helium was serving arsenic president of the JKCA.In its chargesheet, the CBI named Farooq and 3 others — the past JKCA wide caput Mohammad Saleem Khan, erstwhile treasurer Ahsan Ahmad Mirza and J&K Bank enforcement Bashir Ahmad Misgar.