Gas theft: Former MNA flees after bail denied
Bhatti was found guilty of gas theft after investigation of three cases of gas theft.
LAHORE:
Former national assembly member Mehdi Hassan Bhatti fled the courtroom on Tuesday after the Lahore High Court rejected his bail petition in a gas theft case.
An investigation officer said that Bhatti was running his CNG station on Sheikhupura Road on stolen gas, he said.
Bhatti was found guilty of gas theft after investigation of three cases of gas theft. He requested the court to dismiss the bail application.
The court dismissed the bail application after which Bhatti fled.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2013.
Former national assembly member Mehdi Hassan Bhatti fled the courtroom on Tuesday after the Lahore High Court rejected his bail petition in a gas theft case.
An investigation officer said that Bhatti was running his CNG station on Sheikhupura Road on stolen gas, he said.
Bhatti was found guilty of gas theft after investigation of three cases of gas theft. He requested the court to dismiss the bail application.
The court dismissed the bail application after which Bhatti fled.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 19th, 2013.