Hyderabad, October 8: Former Indian cricket team captain and Congress leader Mohammed Azharuddin appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) official recorded Azharuddin’s statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
The 61-year-old former Member of Parliament was first asked to depose before the agency on October 3 but he sought deferment of the notice and asked for a fresh date.
The agency subsequently issued him a fresh summons to appear on October 8.
Azharuddin reached the ED office on Fateh Maidan Road around 11 am. He was accompanied by his legal team.
The probe is related to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). The ED had conducted searches in connection with the irregularities in November last
Azharuddin's role during his tenure as the HCA president is under the scanner of the agency, the sources had said.
There was no immediate response from the former Indian skipper, who unsuccessfully contested the Telangana Assembly polls held last year.
Following the registration of a case in connection with the alleged irregularities by Telangana Police last year, he had said that the allegations leveled against him were "false" and "motivated" and it was "just a stunt" pulled by his rivals to ruin his reputation.
