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ED confiscates Pir’s property worth Rs 60 Lakhs
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CET Paper Leak Scam—2012
Srinagar: Enforcement Directorate (ED)
has confiscated Rs 60 lakh properties of Mushtaq Pir, former Chairman Board of
Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) and the main accused in Common
Entrance Test (CET)—Paper Leak Scam of 2012.
KNS was the first to break the story on confiscation of
Pir’s property on March 20. Sources revealed to KNS that three properties
including two flats and one structure in five marlas of land at Sidhra Jammu.
The two flats seized are situated in New Delhi and Wazarat Road Jammu. Besides
the immovable property, the ED has seized two accounts with Rs 10 lakhs
deposits in HDFC bank.
The ED has confiscated the property under Report
Number ECIR/01/SRZO/2013 against Pir and his two close associates
under money laundering Act. Sources in ED said that Pir’s wife was also
questioned but she owned only a small property. “Interrogation of Farooq Itoo,
however, revealed that he had benefited from the proceeds of crime to the tune
of Rs 73 lakhs. Itoo had also paid Rs 60,000 to the Pir. So we have attached
Pir’s property worth Rs 60 lakhs,” sources in ED said. Earlier ED had interrogated
Pir and his two associates, accused CET—paper leak scam to establish that
they received proceeds of the crime, a pre requisite before confiscating the ill
gotten property. (KNS)
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