Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: Directorate of Enforcement (ED) today attached properties worth Rs 5 crore of several persons including that of Mirwaiz South Kashmir, Qazi Yasir in the MBBS scam.
The property as per the ED has been attached under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the case of Mohammad Akbar Bhat and others in relation to terrorist activities.
The attached properties include 7 immovable properties and two bank accounts in the name of various persons including Mohammad Akbar Bhat, Fatima Shah, Qazi Yasir, Mohammad Abdullah Shah and Mohammad Iqbal Mir.
The ED initiated investigation on the basis of an FIR registered and charge sheet issued by Jammu and Kashmir Police for the offences under various Sections of Unlawful Activity (Prevention) Act and IPC, 1860 against Mohammad Akbar Bhat, Fatima Shah, Altaf Ahmad Bhat, Qazi Yasir, Syed Khalid Geelani alias Khalid Andrabi and others wherein accused persons were hand in glove with Pakistan handlers who arranged admissions in MBBS and other course in the colleges of Pakistan for Jammu and Kashmir students for a hefty money around Rs. 10-15 lakh per student.
The ED investigation revealed that the money was received in their personal accounts and in the bank accounts of Al-Jabar Trust which was a trust opened for charitable purposes.
“However, these accounts were used for the purpose of receiving funds from the students and further ploughed into the terrorist activities in India in various ways such as distributing money to stone pelters, providing money to the persons/terrorists based in Jammu and Kashmir on the instructions of Pakistan handlers such as Manzoor Ahmad Shah and Altaf Ahmad Bhat,” read the statement issued by the ED.
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