SRINAGAR: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) attached properties worth Rs 5 crore of several persons including that of Mirwaiz South Kashmir, Qazi Yasir in the MBBS scam, officials said here on Thursday.
The officials said that the property has been attached under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the case of Mohammad Akbar Bhat and others about 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’
Meanwhile, The ED said it initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered and charge sheet issued by the Police for the offences under various Sections of the 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 another course in the colleges of Pakistan for Jammu and Kashmir students for a hefty money around Rs 10-15 lakh per student.
The money was received in their accounts and in the bank accounts of Al-Jabar Trust which was a trust opened for charitable purposes. “However, these accounts were used to receive 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,” it said.
