Srinagar, Oct 14 :
Initiating action after 12 years, the Enforcement Directorate attached properties of at least 4 accused involved in the infamous Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) scam 2012.
The ED today 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.
For the unversed, after the surfacing of this infamous scam, Special Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar as per the news agency Kashmir News Trust had sentenced former Chairman, Mushtaq Ahmad Peer to 16 years in prison and fined Rs one crore for his involvement in the scam. While 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 term and fine of Rs 25 lakh each and two other assistants – Haroon Rashid Lone and Shabir Dar – hadbeen awarded six year jail term and a fine of Rs 5 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.
Those against whom the Crime Branch had filed the challan and supplementary challan in 2013 in this scam included against Mushtaq Ahmad Peer son of Peer Abdul Aziz of Bismilla Colony Hazratbal Srinagar (Former Chairman BOPEE); Farooq Ahmad Itoo son of Assad Ullah Itoo of Darigund Bijbehara (Now approver in the case), Sajjad Ahmad/Hussain Bhat son of Sona-ullah Bhat of Qaimoh, Kulgam; Haroon Rashid Lone son of Abdul Rashid Lone of Dayalgam; Bazilla Bilal Vaid daughter of Bilal Ahmad Vaid of New Colony Bijbehara; Bilal Ahmad Vaid son of Ahmad-Ullah Vaid of New Colony Bijbehara; Mushtaq Ahmad Lone son of Gulam Mohi-ud-Din Lone of Semthan Bijbehara, Gulam Mohi-ud-Din Lone son of Abdul Rehman Lone of Semthan Bijbehara, Yasir Yousuf Dar son of Mohammed Yousuf Dar of Pazalpora Bijbehara; Mohammed Yousuf Dar son of Moma Dar of Pazalpora Bijbehara; Shafiq-ur Rehman son of Late Fayaz Ahmad Lone of Kanelwan (Minor) Saika Manzoor daughter of Late (actually alive) Manzoor Darzi of Bijbehara (Minor) Khursheed Ahmad Dar son of Bashir Ahmad Dar of Chinigund Bijbehara; Bashir Ahmad Dar son of Haji Ghulam Rasool Dar of Chinigund Bijbehara, Amira Shakeel daughter of Abdul Qadir Rather of Mehnad Bijbehara; Abdul Qadir Rather son of Atta Mohammed Rather of Mehnad Bijbehara; Yasir Yousuf Hajam son of Late Mohammed Yousuf Hajam of Chandan Panjan Vessu; Naveed Ahmad Bhat son of Gulam Nabi Bhat of Marhama, Anantnag; Gulam Nabi Bhat son of Gulam Qadir Bhat of Marhama Anantnag; Sadam Farooq son of Farooq Ahmad Shah of Manghal Anantnag; Farooq Ahmad Shah son of Mohammed Abdullah Shah of Manghal Anantnag; Shahida Shafi (Minor) daughter of Mohammed Shafi Bandh of Kachachkoot, Awantipora; Mohammed Shafi Bandh son of Abdul Gani Bandh of Kachachkoot, Awantipora; Ahmad Faraz son of Mohammed Iqbal Reshi of Naibasti Anantnag; Mohammed Iqbal Reshi son of Ghulam Mohammad Reshi of Naibasti Anantnag; Mohammed Amin Ganai son of Mohamamd Ramzan Ganai of Chee Anantnag; Mir Wajid Majeed son of Abdul Majeed Mir of Wandilo Kukarnag District Kulgam; Mir Danish Majeed daughter of Abdul Majeed Mir of Wandilo Kukarnag District Kulgam; Abdul Majeed Mir son of Sona-ullah Mir of Wandilo Kukarnag District Kulgam; Fida Hussain son of Mohammed Yousuf of Kanelwan Bijbehara; Ruhail Amin son of Amin Mir of Gulbarg Colony Haiderpora, Srinagar; Mohammed Amin Mir son of Habib Ullah Mir of Gulbarg Colony Haiderpora, Srinagar,; Hilal Ahmad Shokli son of Mohammed Abdullah Shokli of Mattan Chowk Anantnag; Imtijaz-ul-Hussain Shah son of Altaf Hussain Shah of Loharna, Kishtwar, Altaf Hussain Shah son of Gander Shah of Loharna, Kishtwar, Yasmeen Jan daughter of Jan Mohammed Dar of Rihaab Sahab Ali Kadal Srinagar; Jan Mohammed Dar son of Gulam Qadir Dar of Mohalla Rihaab Sahab Ali Kadal; Arooj Mushtaq Kenu daughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Keno of Sadiq Abad Anantnag; Mushtaq Ahmad Kenu son of Abdullah Kenu of Sadiqabad Anantnag; Mushtaq Ahmad Dar son of Sona Ullah Dar of Sandoo Achabal Anantnag; Heena Saleem Mir daughter of Mohammed Saleem Mir of Chee, Anantnag; Mohammed Saleem Mir son of Mohammed Ismail Mir of Chee, Anantnag; Afroza Akhter wife of Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh of Wanihama, Anantnag; Shabir Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Razzak Dar of Mir Dantar, Anantnag; Naresh Kumar Pandita son of Omkar Nath Pandita of 42/1 JDA Rajinder Nagar, Ban Talab Jammu; Saima Hussain daughter of Mohammed Hussain Bhat of Nowgam, Shangus Anantnag; Abdul Hamid Bhat son of Ghulam Ahmad Bhat of Kralteng Sopore; Suhail Ahmad Wani son of Sona-ullah Wani of Nanal, Anantnag; Bashir Ahmad Tantray son of Mohammad Shaban Tantray of Wanbal Rangreth Srinagar; Mehvish Bashir daughter of Bashir Ahmad Tantray of Wanbal Rangreth Srinagar; Dr. Praveen wife of Mohammed Shafi Bhat of Qayoom Colony Rawalpora Srinagar; Beenish Bhat daughter of Mohammed Shafi Bhat of Qayoom Colony Rawalpora, Srinagar; Dr. Sabina wife of Showkat Hussain Ahangar of Hafiz Colony Peer Bagh Srinagar and Mansha daughter of Showkat Hussain Ahangar of Hafiz Colony Peer Bagh. [KNT]