ED Attaches Properties of Four Persons in Twelve Years Old Case

ED Attaches Properties of Four Persons in Twelve Years Old Case

VoM News Desk | October 14, 2024 | 09:40 PM IST | Jammu Kashmir | Follow on Google News

ED Attaches Properties of Four Persons in Twelve Years Old Case

ED Attaches Properties of Four Persons in Twelve Years Old Case

SRINAGAR: Initiating action after 12 years, the Enforcement Directorate attached properties of at least four accused involved in the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) scam 2012.

Today, the ED provisionally attached four immovable properties worth Rs 1.31 Crore belonging to Sajad Hussain Bhat, Amin Ganie, Suhail Wani and Shabir Dar under the provisions of PMLA, 2002.

After surfacing of the scam, the Special Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar had sentenced former Chairman, Mushtaq Ahmad Peer to 16 years in prison and fined Rs one crore for his involvement in the scam. Sajad Hussain Bhat, a broker between Peer and students who had purchased the question papers, was sentenced to 12 years in jail and fined Rs 50 lakh by the court.

The two associates of the main broker Sajad Bhat namely Amin Ganai and Suhail Ahmad Wani had been awarded 12-year jail terms and a fine of Rs 25 lakh each and two other assistants – Haroon Rashid Lone and Shabir Dar were awarded six years jail terms and a fine of Rs five lakh each.  Seven accused were acquitted by the Court in this scam.

Of the total 54 accused persons in the case, 46 had been convicted and eight acquitted. Among the convicts were students and their parents who were sentenced to one year and six years jail respectively.

The main culprit who was the then Chairman BOPEE, Mushtaq Peer was arrested on November 23, 2013, by the Crime Branch after the investigation revealed that he had sold the CET-2012 papers along with answer keys for Rs 60 lakhs. The High Court later granted bail to Mushtaq Peer. [KNT]

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