The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested three Kashmir residents in a money laundering case related to MBBS admissions in Pakistan.
ED said Mohammad Akabar Bhat, Fatima Shah, residents of Srinagar and Sabzzar Ahmad Shaikh, resident of Anantnag were arrested under the provisions of PMLA in connection with money laundering case.
“The three were arrested in connection with money laundering case wherein accused persons involved in terror financing were hand in gloves with Pakistani handlers namely Manzoor Ahmad Shah and Altaf Ahmad Bhat etc., who arranged admissions in MBBS & other courses in the colleges of Pakistan for students from Jammu & Kashmir, ” ED spokesman said.
The trio have been remanded to ED custody till February 20, by the Court of the Special Judge ACB (CBI-Cases) Kashmir, Srinagar.
