Court grants physical remand of two accused in Fake Bank Accounts Case

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court here on Friday granted physical remand of two accused to NAB in fake bank accounts case, ARY News reported.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), produced two accused, Arif Khan, an officer of the Omini Group, and Mohammad Umair of Umair Associates’ before the accountability court today.

The judge on the plea of the NAB granted physical remand of the two accused till April 08.

The court also ordered the NAB to produce the accused in court again on Monday.

Accountability Judge, during the hearing, asked question from Umair Associates owner about his business and whether he had hired a lawyer or not. The accused informed the judge that he didn’t yet hire a lawyer, on the question about his job, he said, “I am an employee”.

The judge said that this is Sindh’s case, on which the NAB prosecutor informed the court that the case has been transferred to Islamabad.

The names of the two accused Muhammad Arif Khan and Muhammad Umair, were emerged during the fake bank accounts case probe. They were arrested from Dubai with the help of Interpol.

The NAB filed the first reference of the fake bank accounts probe in an accountability court of Islamabad on Wednesday.

Fake Bank Accounts Case

Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused facing a probe into the money laundering scam involving over Rs 35 billion laundered through fake bank accounts.

Zardari’s close aides Hussain Lawai and Anwar Majeed are also being investigated in the scandal. They both are in custody.

A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe into the money laundering scam submitted its report in the Supreme Court. The report revealed that 29 fake bank accounts had been identified, which were used for money laundering.