Srinagar: The unearthing of a “white-collar” terror module with alleged links to educated professionals, including medical degree holders, has prompted security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir and other States to intensify scrutiny of individuals who obtained MBBS degrees from Pakistan and Bangladesh over the past two decades.

Officials say hundreds of Kashmiri students travelled to Pakistan from the early 2000s onwards for medical education, and many more shifted to Bangladesh in recent years, creating a pool now being re-examined for possible financial and cross-border linkages.

The first wave of Kashmiri students headed to Pakistan between 2001 and 2010, joining medical colleges in Rawalpindi, Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad and Peshawar. Many had crossed over during peak militancy,

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