Not only slowing down investigations after the name of former union minister Dr Farooq Abdullah cropped up as accused, the investigators probing the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Assocation (JKCA) scam didn't follow the money trail and investment profiles of other nine accused as well. A former treasurer Manzoor Gazanfar, also a hotelier, who is accused number 3 in the FIR told dna that he and another accused Ahsan Mirza, also an ex-treasure invested in an iron ore mine in 2008 near Shillong, capital of tiny state of Meghalaya. The cricket scam is an ideal case of how unaccountability has crept in in Jammu and Kashmir over past two decades, since the militancy shattered systems and also the way bigwigs and higher ups have shown their backs to the law.
"I was misled and duped by Ahsan Mirza. I have invested my own money to buy an iron ore mine in Shillong in 2008. Later, Mirza also invested Rs 1.25 crore through his firm Mirza Sons. I have submitted all cheques and documents to the investigators. The mine is non-functional as of now. There have been so many instances where I have spent my own money to support cricket," he told dna on Sunday.
But when contacted again on Monday after the dna broke the story, he was threatening and intimidating. "You are trying to hook the persons who have worked to unearth the multi-crore scam of JKCA. We have sufficient proof to defend ourselves against the false and fabricated story," he wrote. He also questioned there was any preliminary report of Police and threatened to go to court. "Now be ready as I know, how to fight the evils like you," he wrote in his SMS.
But the documents with the dna including the FIR mentions Ghaznafar, an accused, charging him with adjusting old expenses to the tune of Rs29 lakh without vouchers and bills in duplicity. During his tenure as treasurer two accounts remained non-reflected in the balance sheets, besides extra outstanding of Rs1.30crore in his name as per the seized acknowledgments. His partner in the iron ore mine, Mirza stands booked for creating and operating bogus bank accounts.
A preliminary examination of the records reveal that out of Rs89.92crore received between 2008 and 2011 (4 years) Rs28.39crore were swindled excluding the interest, which could have been accrued from the bank during the period. Under the stewardship of Dr Farooq Abdullah, an amount of Rs7.21crore received form the BCCI in 2009 was deposited in an unauthorised account of J&K Bank's– Khanyar branch and later transferred into FDRs and loans were raised against them. The bank later adjusted these FDRs as those who took loan against them turned defaulters. Another amount of Rs4 crore sent by the BCCI remains untraced and it is not actually known as to which account it was credited. In the same year, Rs19crore received from the BCCI were deposited in the official account. But on the same date, Rs4crore were withdrawn form this account, which remains untraced.
In 2010, out of Rs22.11crore received form the BCCI, only Rs4.93crore were deposited in the official account and rest Rs17.18crore remains untraced by the investigators. Only in 2011 the entire amount Rs26.29crore received from the BCCI finds its place in the official account of JKCA in the Air Cargo branch of J&K Bank. The investigators told dna, that besides these amounts, other huge amounts have been also transferred from official account from time to time, details of which they were still to get for want of further probe.
Meanwhile, current treasurer of JKCA Manzoor Wazir denied having taken loan form the association. Wazir who is also a complainant in the case according to the FIR documents has received Rs15 lakh as loan. He dubbed it as some accountancy misrepresentation. "During my tenure as treasurer every penny is accounted for. I have not taken any loan from the association. If anything was proven against me, they can hang me publicly," Manzoor Wazir, who is treasurer since June 2011, told dna.
In a detailed investigation report, the investigating officer SDPO Nehru Park Police Station concludes that huge amounts have been allowed to remain in the hands of individuals over a period of time against secured over drafts, putting the association to heavy loss. He said loans provided to JKCA functionaries was not admissible even under the own rules laid by the association. "These huge amounts have been drawn against secured over draft against payments of huge interests and allowed interest free to benefit the close office bearers at the cost of association interests," concludes the investigating officer.
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