Bank Alfalah had lodged a complaint with NAB stating the accused had managed to withdraw the said amount through the Quick Facility Scheme. PHOTO: FILE
Raheel Sabir Jadoon, former bank manager of Al-Baraka Bank Samiullah and Mansoor Ali Khan were produced in the accountability court after their 14-day physical remand expired on Tuesday.
Special Prosecutor National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lajbar Khan told the court the three men were arrested from Islamabad on charges of releasing Rs24.38 million through fake income certificates from Bank Alfalah, Haripur. On December 26, NAB Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa secured a 14-day physical remand for the accused from the same court.
Bank Alfalah had lodged a complaint with NAB stating the accused, with support from bank officials, had managed to withdraw the said amount through the Quick Facility Scheme. The bureau then authorised an inquiry into the matter after which a NAB intelligence team arrested the accused in Islamabad.
The K-P chapter of the accountability body had also previously received complaints about the bank’s staff releasing the money, following which the bureau initiated a probe.
After hearing arguments from the investigation team, the court granted a 14-day physical remand to complete investigation.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 9th, 2014.
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