ED attaches properties worth Rs. 1.31 crores in J&K Medical Question Paper Leak Case

New Delhi, October 15

Directorate of Enforcement, Srinagar has provisionally attached four immovable properties worth Rs. 1.31 crores in an infamous Medical Question Paper Leak Case in J&K Common Entrance Test 2012 (JKCET- 2012).

The agency attached properties of Sajad Hussain Bhat, Mohd. Amin Ganie, Suhail Ahmad Wani and Shabir Ahmad Dar at Srinagar and its nearby places under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
 

ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by the Crime Branch, J&K Police, Srinagar against Mushtaq Ahmed Peer, the then Chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) and others.

ED investigation revealed that Mushtaq Ahmed Peer, the then Chairman of BOPEE, Farooq Ahmad Itoo, Sajad Hussain Bhat, Mohd. Amin Ganie, Suhail Ahmad Wani, Shabir Ahmad Dar and others were involved in the sale of leaked question papers of JKCET 2012.
 

The officials added that by selling question papers of JKCET-2012, they generated Proceeds of Crime to the tune of Rs. 2.50 Crore and utilised them. All the accused persons including the above persons have been convicted by the Special Court Anti-Corruption, Srinagar in the LEA case.
 

ED had attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs. 60 Lakh of Mushtaq Ahmed Peer, the then Chairman of BOPEE. Subsequently, chargesheet through Prosecution Complaint was filed against him, officials further stated.