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Srinagar:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh order attaching properties worth Rs 1.31 crore in connection with a money laundering investigation into the alleged leak of the 2012 Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test (JKCET) medical exam paper. This case involves the former chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE), Mushtaq Ahmed Peer, and other accused individuals.
The ED has frozen four immovable properties belonging to Sajad Hussain Bhat, Mohd Amin Ganie, Suhail Ahmad Wani, and Shabir Ahmad Dar, all located in and around Srinagar. This action follows a provisional order issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Earlier, the ED had attached assets worth Rs 60 lakh belonging to Mushtaq Peer and filed a chargesheet under the same law.
The money laundering case originated from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police against Peer and his associates, “who were involved in selling leaked question papers for the JKCET-2012 exam, generating proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 2.50 crore.” A special anti-corruption court in Srinagar had previously convicted the four individuals whose properties were attached.
