Four accused granted bail in motorway corruption case
The Accountability Court Hyderabad on Tuesday approved the bail of four accused in the case of multi-billion rupees alleged corruption in the land acquisition for M6 Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway.
During the hearing, the court deferred the decision over the bail of two more accused at the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
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Former accountant, Naushehro Feroze Rustam Khoso, former PA to DC Naushehro Feroze Aziz Ansari, Stamp Vendor Irfan Khan and Haqqani Sehto secured the bails against surety of Rs500,000 to be submitted by each of them.
The decision over the bail of Sindh Bank former manager, Syed Tabish Shah, and Zeeshan Sahito, was deferred on the request of NAB. National Highway Authority (NHA) Project Manager, Prakash Lohano, in his statement informed the court that funds were transferred to the DCs of Matiari and Naushehro Feroze for the land purchase for the Motorway in 2020.
The court adjourned the hearing to December 23.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 20th, 2023.