Hurriyat leaders duped medical, engg. aspirants by promising seats in Pakistan: J&K police

State Investigation Agency files chargesheet naming nine as accused

Some leaders of the Hurriyat Conference, an amalgam of secessionist groups, allegedly “used” Kashmir-based “consultancy” firms to woo prospective students for engineering and medical seats in Pakistan for which a fake ‘National Talent Search’ examination was conducted, according to a chargesheet filed by the Jammu and Kashmir Police.

The chargesheet, filed by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), has highlighted several instances where parents were taken across the border using valid travel documents but were later compelled to pay extra money for their wards’ admission to universities and colleges there.

“During investigation, it also got reflected that the students/parents were duped by the accused. They were made to visit Pakistan for admissions to MBBS, however, [they] would become hopeless after discovering their admission letters as fake. Circumstances were created wherein parents/students were put to absolute state of despondency so as to demand extra money to either be wire transferred or delivered to their persons of choice in Kashmir,” the chargesheet, accessed by PTI, said.