Court orders FIA to freeze assets of Rasikh Elahi
The accused were held a week after the incident, according to the court order, and were checked with the eyewitnesses for confirmation. PHOTO: FILE
The court ordered the freezing of land worth Rs10 billion and 22 bank accounts of former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi's son Rasikh Elahi, his daughter-in-law and frontman in the money laundering case, as the Federal Investigation Agency made progress in the investigation.
The court also ordered the freezing of the properties and bank accounts of Moonis Elahi's wife as well as Chaudhry brothers’ frontmen Qaiser Bhatti and Abid Bhatti.
The court has also issued an order to freeze 17,420-kanal of land worth Rs10 billion of all the co-accused, while orders have been issued to freeze 22 bank accounts of the co-accused in which about Rs3.5 billion was sent.
According to sources, corruption money was sent through benami bank accounts and companies.
They said in the corruption of the previous government, the Chaudhary family made properties worth billions, which have all been frozen under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010.
The court froze all the properties and bank accounts based on the FIA's application and solid evidence. All these properties and bank accounts will remain frozen till the completion of money laundering investigation against all these accused.