ED attaches assets worth Rs 1.31 lakh in a paper leak case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized four properties worth Rs 1.31 crore in the infamous paper leakage case in medical questions in the Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test 2012 (JKCET-2012).

ED Zonal Office in Srinagar has attached these properties of Sajad Hussain Bhat, Mohd. Amin Ganie, Suhail Ahmad Wani and Shabir Ahmad Dar in Srinagar and surrounding places under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

ED initiated investigation based on the 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.

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

“By selling the question papers of JKCET-2012, they generated proceeds of crime to the tune of Rs 2.50 crore and utilized the same. “All the accused, including the above-mentioned persons, have been convicted in the LEA case by the Special Anti-Corruption Court in Srinagar,” an official statement said.

Earlier, ED had attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs 60 lakh of Mushtaq Ahmed Peer.