ED questions Omar Abdullah in connection with Bank scam

SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday questioned former Chief Minister and Vice President of National Conference, Omar Abdullah, for many hours in a case registered at probing agency headquarter in New Delhi, official sources said.

Sources told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that Omar Abdullah is being questioned by the probing agency at its headquarters in the J&K Bank scam case.

“Nihal Garware, Mumbai based the then Director of Bank who was arrested recently in 2010 ‘bank scam case’ is also under probe for receiving kickbacks when Bank purchased some property in Mumbai,” sources in ED told KDC.

Omar was formerly summoned by the probing agency ED and was asked to visit its office today for questioning in New Delhi.