Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 8: The Enforcement Directorate today arrested a man in Kupwara district under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Identified as Mohammad Abdullah Shah, the man has been arrested “in connection with money laundering case wherein accused persons involved in terror financing were hand in glove with Pakistani handler Manzoor Ahmad Shah, who arranged admissions in MBBS and other courses in the colleges of Pakistan for students from J&K.”
The accused, as per the Directorate, was produced before the Court of the Special Judge ACB (CBI-Cases) Kashmir, Srinagar.
The Court has granted ED custody till 13/02/2024.
The ED last month attached properties worth Rs 5 crore of several persons including that of Shah. The ED attached these properties in the case of Mohammad Akbar Bhat and others about terrorist activities.
The ED had 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.
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