The accused will be presented before an accountability court in Islamabad to obtain physical remand. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The fraudsters allegedly demanded as much as Rs30 million from a government contractor for the disposal of an inquiry pending against him at the bureau. NAB says it arrested front-man Jawad Ahmed Khan red-handed while receiving Rs200,000 as token money from the complainant.
In addition, the bureau claims it has also arrested the alleged mastermind, Syed Ali Naqvi.
Naqvi is said to possess multiple identity cards belonging to various government departments, including the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council.
The accused will be presented before an accountability court in Islamabad to obtain their physical remand.
Fake housing society
Meanwhile, NAB was also given physical custody of two suspects in an investigation into a fake housing scheme case.
The country’s top anti-graft body had arrested Malik Muhammad Azam and Khalid Shah in connection with the Lake Vista Residencia Housing Scheme scam, according to a press release.
They were produced before an accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Azam has been charged with cheating investors in Lake Vista Residencia, a fake housing society. He vanished after collecting large sums of money from investors, who were promised fully constructed houses in the society.
Over 53 people lodged a complaint with the bureau against Azam, and others, for fleecing them. The housing scheme is located at Mouza Abdullah, Adiala Road, in Rawalpindi.
The suspects duped people by making undue commitments that the housing scheme consisted of 4,000 kanals of land, with facilities such as swimming pools, a gymnasium, parks, a community centre, a mosque and amusement parks, was already under construction.
In the advertisements, it was claimed that 25 per cent of development work on the project had been completed, and that the remaining work will be completed in three years.
They also claimed that water and electric connections were available in the housing scheme, when no such facilities existed.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2016.
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