Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested a Jammu and Kashmir resident in a money laundering case related to the MBBS admission in Pakistan, officials said.

A spokesperson of the ED said Mohammad Abdullah Shah, a resident of Kupwara district in north Kashmir was arrested on Tuesday under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the 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 Jammu & Kashmir.

The ED said Shah has been remanded to their custody till February 13, by the Court of the Special Judge ACB(CBI-Cases) Kashmir, Srinagar.

The ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by J&K Police under various sections of 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 involved in terrorist activity in Jammu & Kashmir.

“ED investigation revealed that accused persons were hand-in-glove with Pakistan handlers in the guise of admissions in MBBS & other courses in the colleges of Pakistan for students from Jammu & Kashmir. They had received money in their personal accounts and in the bank accounts of Al-Jabar Trust which was a charitable trust but was being used for the purpose of receiving funds from students, which were further being ploughed into the terrorist activity in India in multiple ways such as giving money to stone pelters, providing money to the persons/terrorist based in Jammu & Kashmir as per the instructions of Pakistani handlers such as Manzoor Ahmad Shah, Altaf Ahmad Bhat and others,” the spokesperson said.

The ED said accused Shah has also received money from Sabzar Ahmad Shaikh and others, who had received money from a number of students who got admission in Pakistan medical college as per the instruction of his ex-filtrated brother Manzoor Ahmad Shah and same was distributed for subversive activities in Jammu & Kashmir Region.

Earlier ED, Srinagar had provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 5 Crore approximately under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in the form of various Bank Accounts, Immovable properties, etc.

The spokesman said further investigation is under progress.