Srinagar, Mar 14: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple locations in four districts of Kashmir in regarding a terror funding case.
The ED sleuths accompanied by paramilitary CRPF and J&K police raided the houses of multiple suspects early on Tuesday morning.
A ED spokesman said they have carried out search operations under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002 at 10 locations in Srinagar, Budgam, Kupwara and Anantnag, J&K in respect of the Terror funding case.
“During the searches, documents related to immovable properties and highly incriminating material including digital devices related to the scam have been recovered and seized,” he said.
Earlier on March 5, security personnel during a raid at the residence of Hurriyat leader Qazi Yasir by ED in a case linked to the allotment of MBBS seats in Pakistan.
They said raids were conducted in respect of an investigation relating to the involvement of conspirators who were hand-in-glove with some educational consultancies.
“Manipulating or arranging admission of J-K students in various professional courses, including MBBS in Pakistan-based colleges, institutions, and universities,” he said.
From the early 2000s, Hurriyat leaders and other separatists facilitated medical and engineering seats to wards of influential families of J&K, including kids of top government officers, as well as accommodating their own kin in colleges in Pakistan.
