<span style="color: #222222;">Enforcement Directorate (ED) has questioned National Conference President Farooq Abdullah in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged financial irregularities in Jammu and Kashmir cricket association. <br />''<br />''Officials said, Dr Abdullah appeared before the central agency at its Chandigarh office and his statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). <br />''<br />''The case is based on an FIR registered by the CBI in September 2015. The CBI took over the case from the State police following a directive from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. <br />''<br />''The alleged scam was unearthed in 2012, after which an FIR was lodged at a Srinagar police station. <br />''<br />''The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Dr Abdullah, who was then president of the J&K Cricket Association; its then general secretary Mohammed Salim Khan, treasurer Ahsan Ahmed Mirza and senior J&K Bank executive Basheer Ahmad Misgar. <br />''<br />''It was alleged that between 2002 and 2011, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sanctioned 112 crore rupees to the State association for infrastructure development and cricket promotion. CBI said, of the total amount, 43.69 crore rupees was siphoned off and misappropriated.</span><br />