10-day judicial remand for Mushtaq Baqaal

SYED BASHARAT. Dated: 12/8/2013 12:54:52 PM

SRINAGAR, Dec 7: A city court today remanded Mushtaq Baqaal, alias Peer the prime accused in Common Entrance Test (CET)-2012 paper leak scam to judicial custody for 10 days. Baqaal, now shifted to Central Jail Srinagar has been booked for his alleged involvement in facilitating CET paper leak which has raised hue and cry across the valley.
Sources in the court said that the anti-corruption court remanded Baqaal to judicial custody.
On December 4, a day after the High Court asked for his property details, the defense lawyers of Baqaal sought adjournment in his bail plea till Monday.
“On Monday, the defense lawyers will focus only on the Crime Branch’s jurisdiction of investigations. If the arguments are turned down and the bail is rejected, the defence lawyers may take a plea of Mushtaq’s infirmity,” reliable sources revealed to Kashmir Times.
Baqaal’s bail plea says the Crime Branch has no jurisdiction to investigate the offence under section of 5 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
Meanwhile, the defence lawyer of Sajad Ahmad Bhat another accused in the matter concluded his arguments in support of his bail plea. “The order has been reserved by the court,” said Bhat’s counsel.
On December 3, the High Court had asked the state government to furnish moveable and immoveable property details Baqaal and other accused in the scam.
In its report filed before the special anti corruption court, the crime branch had vehemently opposed the bail plea of Baqaal saying that the matter is still under investigation and the Crime Branch wants to connect the missing links for which Baqaal’s custody is important.
Baqaal is in limelight since the CET-2012 paper leakage scam was unearthed by the Crime Branch in the second week of this month.
Presently under the custody of Crime Branch, Baqaal alleged to be involved in selling of CET paper against a hefty amount to the brokers who had in turn sold the sets of paper to the aspiring candidates.
Sources have revealed to Kashmir Times that out of about 30 students presently under scanner, the Crime branch has established the doubtful credentials of some 14 students who have entered Government medical College through dubious means.
A preliminary report filed by the Crime Branch before the court has already disclosed how a special centre was allotted to eight students who were made to appear in the CET-2012 in a hotel at Boulevard.
Another accused, already under arrest, Farooq Ahmad Itoo resident of Darigund Bijbehara proprietor of Computer institute ‘Infotech computers’ and a close associate of Baqaal had collected the mobile phones from the eight blue eyed students. “He used to visit Mushtaq Baqaal’s office as well as his house off and on with gifts of apple boxes and special fish,” reads the Crime Branch report.

 

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