The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday examined previous Indian cricket group captain and Congress leader Mohammed Azharuddin for over 9 hours in a cash laundering situation connected to declared monetary abnormalities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association, main resources stated.
The government firm taped his declaration under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they stated.
The 61-year-old previous MP was initial asked to depose prior to the ED on October 3 however he looked for deferment of the notification and requested a fresh day. The firm consequently released him fresh summons to show up on October 8.
Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama, Azharuddin got to the ED workplace on Fateh Maidan Road around 11 am. He left the ED workplace after 9 pm.
He informed press reporters while leaving that he was “cooperating” with the examination.
“All the allegations which have been made were baseless, frivolous and done with a malafide intention. Beyond that I have nothing more to say. I don`t want to go into the details…,” he stated.
The probe relates to claimed monetary abnormalities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). The ED had actually carried out searches about the abnormalities in November in 2015.
Azharuddin’s duty throughout his period as the HCA head of state is under the scanner of the firm, the resources had actually stated.
The previous Indian captain had actually unsuccessfully opposed the Telangana Assembly surveys held in 2015.
Following the enrollment of a situation about the claimed abnormalities by the Telangana Police in 2015, he had actually stated that the claims levelled versus him were “false” and “motivated” and it was “just a stunt” drawn by his opponents to spoil his online reputation.
The cash laundering situation originates from 3 FIRs and fee sheets submitted by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) about claimed criminal misappropriation of funds of the HCA to the song of Rs 20 crore.
One such authorities FIR was signed up on the issue of the HCA Chief Executive Officer Suneel Kante Bose after a forensic audit (acting record) discovered that specific deals done in behalf of the HCA with third-party suppliers were discovered to be “not genuine” which the deals were accomplished in a way “detrimental” to the rate of interest of the organization.
The authorities fee sheets have “allegations of serious irregularities in the procurement of DG sets, firefighting systems and canopies for the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium constructed in Uppal, Hyderabad,” the ED had previously stated in a declaration.
According to the fee sheets, regardless of target dates, a number of jobs were postponed extraordinarily, causing intensified expenses and budget plan improvements and equivalent losses to the HCA.
It was discovered that the workplace holders of the HCA, including its after that assistant, head of state and vice-president and others, in collusion with personal celebrations, “arbitrarily” obtained different tenders and functions allocated to liked vendors/contractors at greater than market prices without complying with correct tender procedures and in most cases also prior to the invoice of quotes, the firm had actually declared.
Advance repayments were made to several specialists however no job was done by them, it included.
The ED had actually invaded the properties of previous workplace holders of the HCA, consisting of previous vice head of state and cricketer Shivlal Yadav, Congress MLA and ex-HCA head of state Gaddam Vinod, previous HCA assistant Arshad Ayub aside from the workplace of a firm called S SConsultants Pvt Ltd. and the property properties of its handling supervisor Satyanarayana.
The ED had stated its raids carried out in 2015 caused the seizure of electronic tools, “incriminating” files and “unaccounted” cash money of Rs 10.39 lakh.
One of the monitorings made in the forensic record was that “Mohammad Azharuddin, the then President of the Association in the 9th Apex Council meeting held on March 3, 2021 had sought to take up discussions regarding firefighting equipment. However, subsequently without assigning any reasons, the tender was not allotted to any of the bidders. Thereafter, the HCA had floated a second tender for the same work.” Azharuddin is a Padma Shri and Arjuna Award recipient. He started his political innings with a win from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad Lok Sabha seat in 2009. He is additionally a functioning head of state of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).
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