In response to a summons issued for an alleged money laundering case connected to the Hyderabad Cricket Association, former India captain and Congress politician Mohammad Azharuddin showed up at the ED office in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

According to reports, Azharuddin was called before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday about a purported money laundering case connected to the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA).

In relation to a case brought under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against him for suspected financial embezzlement while serving as president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, Azharuddin was called by the ED.

In November of last year, the ED searched nine Telangana sites in accordance with the PMLA’s provisions.

The homes of Gaddam Vinod, Shivlal Yadav, and Arshad Ayub—who at different times held the positions of Hyderabad Cricket Association President, Vice President, and Secretary—were searched.

Additionally, searches were carried out at the MD’s home and office. Following search operations, digital gadgets, incriminating papers, and Rs. 10.39 lakh in unaccounted cash were found and seized.

Upon conducting a check of one of Gaddam Vinod’s properties, it was discovered that many businesses owned and managed by his brother, former MP Gaddam Vivekanand, were using the space as an office.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Hyderabad, filed three FIRs and accompanying chargesheets alleging criminal misuse of the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s money totaling Rs. 20 crore, which prompted the ED to launch an inquiry into the matter.

Serious anomalies in the purchase of DG sets, firefighting systems, and canopies at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad, are alleged in the chargesheets.

The chargesheets state that a number of the tasks were excessively delayed beyond deadlines, which resulted in increased expenses and budget additions as well as losses for the Hyderabad Cricket Association.

Additionally, it was made public that the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s office bearers, including its Secretary, President, and Vice President at the time, among others, had allegedly colluded with private parties to obtain various tenders and assign work to purportedly preferred vendors/contractors at prices above market rates without adhering to the correct procedures for soliciting bids, and in many cases, even before quotations were received. Numerous contractors received advance payments, but none of them completed any work.