Anti-corruption officials arrested on Monday the elder brother of a retired high-ranking military officer over an alleged land scandal immediately after his interim bail was cancelled by a local court.
Najaf Hameed, elder brother of former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general Lt-Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed, was later produced in the court of Senior Civil Judge Rawalpindi Waqar Hussain Gondal, who sent him on judicial remand until April 1.
Najaf Hameed is accused of being involved in a scandal, involving land in the Chakwal district, worth millions of rupees. The Chakwal police had registered a case of fraud against seven accused under sections 468, 420 and 471 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
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Najaf Hameed was on interim bail and he was scheduled to appear before Rawalpindi Anti-Corruption Special Court Judge Ali Nawaz on Monday. However, he was bit late and when his case was taken up, he was not present, therefore, the judge dismissed his interim bail for non-appearance.
When Najaf came to the court, he was taken into custody. However, Judge Ali Nawaz admitted the bail application of the accused Najaf Hameed for hearing. The court issued notice to the anti-corruption department and summoned case records on March 20.
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