Srinagar 18 AUG:The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that they have arrested four people for allegedly procuring medical seats in Pakistan for students from the Union territory via Hurriyat and terror funding. “Four people namely,Mohammed Akbar Bhat alias Zafar Bhat, who is chairman of the salvation movement, Fatima Shah, Mohammed Abdullah Shah, and Shabzar Ahmed Sheikh were arrested. Brother of Mohammed Abdullah Shah went to Pakistan in ’90s and was working as a facilitator of Hurriyat,” said Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh. The senior police official further said that the details of other accused can’t be shared right now, adding that the investigation is underway. For many years, more than 100 students were being annually sent from Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan for higher studies especially MBBS and the NIA has unearthed the scam between students, Pakistan High Commission officials and separatists in the Valley.Earlier, NIA had termed admissions of students from Jammu and Kashmir to medical institutions in Pakistan on the recommendations of separatists as an “alternative mechanism” of terror funding in the Valley.
