<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided multiple places across the Valley in a case related to selling MBBS seats to Kashmiri students in Pakistan and using the money to allegedly support and fund terrorism.</p>.<p>Reports said the ED sleuths accompanied by paramilitary CRPF and J&K police raided the houses of Hurriyat leader Qazi Yasir in south Kashmir Anantnag district early Thursday morning.</p>.<p>A simultaneous raid was conducted at the house of jailed Hurriyat leader and chairman of J&K Salvation Movement Zaffar Bhat in Bagh-e-Mehtab area on the outskirts of Srinagar.</p>.<p>Reports said another ED team raided the house of one Syed Khalid Geelani in the uptown Baghat area of Srinagar.</p>.<p>Sources said the raids were conducted in connection with the case of allotting MBBS seats to J&K residents in different colleges in Pakistan.</p>.<p>In August last year, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of J&K police arrested six persons, including Zafar Bhat in connection with the alleged racket of selling Pakistan-based MBBS seats and other professional courses by Hurriyat leaders and using part of the money generated for terrorism.</p>.<p>From the early 2000s, Hurriyat leaders and other separatists facilitated medical and engineering seats to wards of influential families of J&K, including kids of top government officers, as well as accommodating their own kin in colleges in Pakistan.</p>.<p>During the investigations, it came to the fore that separatists were selling seats designated for orphans of slain Kashmiri terrorists between Rs 10 lakh and 20 lakh each.</p>
<p>The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided multiple places across the Valley in a case related to selling MBBS seats to Kashmiri students in Pakistan and using the money to allegedly support and fund terrorism.</p>.<p>Reports said the ED sleuths accompanied by paramilitary CRPF and J&K police raided the houses of Hurriyat leader Qazi Yasir in south Kashmir Anantnag district early Thursday morning.</p>.<p>A simultaneous raid was conducted at the house of jailed Hurriyat leader and chairman of J&K Salvation Movement Zaffar Bhat in Bagh-e-Mehtab area on the outskirts of Srinagar.</p>.<p>Reports said another ED team raided the house of one Syed Khalid Geelani in the uptown Baghat area of Srinagar.</p>.<p>Sources said the raids were conducted in connection with the case of allotting MBBS seats to J&K residents in different colleges in Pakistan.</p>.<p>In August last year, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of J&K police arrested six persons, including Zafar Bhat in connection with the alleged racket of selling Pakistan-based MBBS seats and other professional courses by Hurriyat leaders and using part of the money generated for terrorism.</p>.<p>From the early 2000s, Hurriyat leaders and other separatists facilitated medical and engineering seats to wards of influential families of J&K, including kids of top government officers, as well as accommodating their own kin in colleges in Pakistan.</p>.<p>During the investigations, it came to the fore that separatists were selling seats designated for orphans of slain Kashmiri terrorists between Rs 10 lakh and 20 lakh each.</p>