The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has requested a court in Srinagar to add new criminal charges against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and others in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) money laundering case.
Sources said that the ED has asked the Principal District and Sessions Court to include IPC sections 411 (dishonestly receiving stolen property) and 424 (fraudulent concealment of property) in the case.
This follows the Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashing the earlier charges on August 14. However, the court allowed the ED to file for fresh charges, which it did recently, claiming that these sections were “inadvertently missed” by the CBI.
The ED also cited the court’s powers under section 216 of the CrPC to amend charges in the interest of justice. The court will now decide whether to proceed with the newly proposed charges.(KNS)
