Overseas job fraud suspect arrested

Attock police have arrested a proclaimed offender accused of defrauding people in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Attock of millions of rupees by luring them with promises of overseas employment.

A police team led by Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Muhammad Usman arrested suspect Haseeb Zaman Butt, son of Gul Zaman Butt, a resident of City Sadar Road, Rawalpindi. The suspect had been wanted in a case registered around 18 months ago. He was produced before a court, which granted his remand to the police for investigation.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and City Police Station, Mirpur, have registered three cases against Zaman over alleged fraud involving overseas employment. The complaints include Rs4.2 million allegedly taken from Raja Anwar Hussain and Muhammad Waleed, both residents of Mirpur district; Rs2.4m from Muhammad Arif, also from Mirpur; and Rs77.1m from Abid Mahmood Khokhar, a Mirpur resident.

Several other people were also allegedly defrauded after being promised jobs abroad, losing their life savings and being left in distress. The suspect had reportedly been living in hiding in the Wah Cantt area. His family allegedly told people that he was abroad and had died there.