All that glitters: Judge directs staff to join investigation
Butt had filed a case against the accused prevented his wife from accessing his locker in the hotel.
LAHORE:
An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday ordered submission of a police report by June 7 of a theft case against two employees of Pearl Continental (PC) hotel. PC Operations Senior Vice-President Bashir Adrawl and General Manager Haseeb Gardezi were accused of involvement in theft of jewellery kept in a locker maintained by Irshad Butt, a former general manager of the hotel. Butt claimed that jewellery worth Rs30 million had been stolen. The judge directed the accused to join the investigation. In a previous hearing, the accused had been granted pre-arrest bail after furnishing bail bonds worth Rs50,000 each. Butt had filed a case against the accused prevented his wife from accessing his locker in the hotel.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 2nd, 2014.
An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday ordered submission of a police report by June 7 of a theft case against two employees of Pearl Continental (PC) hotel. PC Operations Senior Vice-President Bashir Adrawl and General Manager Haseeb Gardezi were accused of involvement in theft of jewellery kept in a locker maintained by Irshad Butt, a former general manager of the hotel. Butt claimed that jewellery worth Rs30 million had been stolen. The judge directed the accused to join the investigation. In a previous hearing, the accused had been granted pre-arrest bail after furnishing bail bonds worth Rs50,000 each. Butt had filed a case against the accused prevented his wife from accessing his locker in the hotel.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 2nd, 2014.