Fraud: SC bench dismisses bail petition

LAHORE: A Supreme Court bench on Monday dismissed bail petition of an assistant food inspector accused of swindling money from a citizen. The petitioner’s counsel said that charges of fraud were false. A state counsel, however, said that Inspector Zafar had deprived a man of millions of rupees. He said that the suspect was found guilty in the police investigation. The bench, headed by Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk, dismissed the petition. Zafar was then taken into custody.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 3^rd, 2015.