National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's sister Rubaiya Sayeed were summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in different cases on Friday.
Dr. Abdullah has been asked by the ED to join the investigation on May 31 at its Chandigarh office. Earlier, Dr. Abdullah was questioned twice in 2019 and 2020 by the ED, which is investigating alleged misappropriation of funds in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). Dr. Abdullah was president of the JKCA from 2001 to 2011.
In Jammu, a TADA court summoned Ms. Sayeed, sister of Ms. Mufti and daughter of former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on July 15 for recording her statement in relation to the abduction case involving JKLF chief Yasin Malik. Ms. Sayeed was kidnapped in 1989 by the gunmen of the JKLF in Srinagar. Ms. Sayeed, who was then daughter of Union Home Minister, is one of the prosecution witnesses in the abduction case.
