Desk: The troubles of former Team India cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin have increased. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent summons in the money laundering case. Azharuddin is accused of irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association. According to the information, funds worth Rs 20 crore have been embezzled in the association. Azharuddin has to appear before the ED today.
Azharuddin was elected President of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) in September 2019. He had to leave his post in June 2021. Action was taken against him on charges of misappropriation of funds. ED had registered a case of money laundering against officials of Hyderabad Cricket Association. ED had raided 9 places in Telangana and recovered many important documents and digital devices.
According to the Enforcement Directorate i.e. ED, officials of Hyderabad Cricket Association committed financial irregularities in the construction of Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium. He gave contracts to private companies at high rates and caused a loss of crores of rupees to the association. ED has registered three FIRs in this case and further investigation is going on.
Cricketer-turned-politician Azharuddin has been MP from Moradabad, UP on Congress ticket in 2009. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Rajasthan but lost the election. In 2018, he was appointed President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee.
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