Srinagar, Aug 18 (IANS): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday booked six persons, including two in Pakistan, for allegedly arranging MBBS seats in Pakistan at the behest of the separatist Hurriyat leaders.

A statement issued by the police's counter-intelligence wing (Kashmir) said: "Six persons - Mohammad Akbar Bhat alias Zaffar Bhat, chairman of Salvation movement, resident of Bagh-e-Mehtab in uptown Srinagar, Fatima Shah, resident of Pattan, Baramulla, Mohammad Abdullah Shah, resident of Kupwara, Sabzar Ahmad Sheikh, resident of Shangus Anantnag, Altaf Ahmad Bhat, resident of Bagh-e-Mehtab Srinagar, presently in Baheria town, Karachi, Pakistan and Manzoor Ahmad Shah, resident of Kupwara at present Gulmohar Colony near high court, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, have been booked for being part of the inward and outward supply chain at one stage or the other and where credible evidence could be collected and brought on record."

The statement also said that the counter-intelligence wing had "information from reliable sources that several unscrupulous persons, including some Hurriyat leaders, were hand in glove with some educational consultancies and were selling Pakistan-based MBBS seats and seats in other professional courses in various colleges and universities".

"Money collected from the parents of aspiring or potential students was used, at least partly, to support and fund terrorism and separatism in different ways," the statement said.