The High court has granted six more weeks to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete probe into the multi-crore scam in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). 
A division bench of Justice Muhammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice M K Hanjura granted six weeks time to CBI after the agency moved an application before court seeking more time to complete the probe.
In compliance to earlier directions, assistant solicitor general, Tahir Shamsi representing CBI and investigating Officer Arvind Jaitley produced case diaries and status report in a sealed cover. After perusing the report, the bench ordered that the report be re-sealed and made part of the main file.
The CBI has already informed the court that it has come to know how Rs 42 crores have been embezzled and is now probing more 36 crores.
The bench held that perusal of the report suggested that the investigation was in progress and various reasons were given to persuade the court to extend the time for completing the investigation.
Seeking status of probe by or before the next date of hearing, the court listed the case on November 27.
On 3 September 2015, the High Court had handed over the probe to the CBI after pulling up the police for a tardy investigation. The CBI was granted three months to complete the probe.
The CBI, the court had said, was handed the case keeping in view the quantum and magnitude of the scam and failure of the police to conduct the probe with fairness and without inordinate delay.
“Despite the lapse of three years the investigating agency could not even verify or authenticate the amount released by BCCI to JKCA and the agency remained contented with the information provided by an administrative officer of the BCCI that funds to the tune of Rs1 13.67 crore were released by BCCI to JKCA from 2002-03 up to 31-12-2011,” the court had said.
Two former cricketers—Majid Yaqoob Dar, a former Ranji Trophy player, and Nissar Ahmad Khan, a club level cricketer—had filed a Public Interest Litigation through Advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom seeking directions to probe the alleged scam in the JKCA. ( Courtesy Greater Kashmir)
