Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference president, Farooq Abdullah was summoned again on Wednesday by Enforcement Department (ED) for questioning at their Srinagar office.
Sources said he was questioned in connection with Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) scam.
Farooq, who is celebrating his 84th birthday today reached the ED's office around 11:00 am. His son Omar Abdullah tweeted, 'This on a day when my father turns 84!'
Farooq Abdullah who reached ED office Rajbagh in Srinagar was questioned for 5 hours. Earlier he was questioned on Monday for 7 hours but this time Farooq Abdullah didn’t take questions from reporters waiting outside the ED office.
National conference in a statement said, “Today’s ED summons to Dr Farooq Abdullah part of a coercive plot."
The party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said that its aimed at curtailing Dr. Farooq's efforts to weave unity among mainstream political parties in J&K.
NC spokesman Imran Nabi Dar issued a statement expressing anger and said these tactics are only aimed at "browbeating" opposition leaders who raise their voice against the BJP's "divisive politics". The party criticised the government for what it called an "agenda of cornering any voices of dissent".
"How many times will BJP use CBI, ED, anti-corruption bureau and its other agencies to browbeat opposition? The plot has become predictable. Anyone who speaks against the government or musters courage against its divisive politics will be hounded and summoned," it said.
Calling the repeated ED summons pressure tactics, he said, “What is it that ED forgot to ask during the six hours it interrogated an 83 yr old Member of Parliament?” Statement more reads “ Today’s ED summon to Dr Farooq Abdullah is a part of a coercive plot.
As per news agency PTI, ED officials said on condition of anonymity that Abdullah had been called again on Wednesday to obtain some clarifications. He was questioned for the first time in July last year in Chandigarh after the agency had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2018.
