FIA confiscates record of 16 sugar mills owned by Zardari's aide

BADIN: On Sunday, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) confiscated the record of all the 16 sugar mills of the Omni Group, owned by Anwar Majeed who is currently under the custody of FIA on money laundering charges.

According to sources, the FIA and rangers raided the Khoski sugar mill in Badin on a tip-off by under custody suspects. The officials seized all the records and weapons as four SMG Rifles and seven Kalashnikovs were found from the premises, sources said.

On August 15, Anwar Majeed, Omni Group chairman and his son, Abdul Ghani Majeed, were arrested by the FIA in connection to a case of money laundering through fake bank accounts.

Former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur, who are also among the accused in money laundering case, appeared today before a banking court and were handed a questionnaire related to the case.

The fake accounts case

The Supreme Court in July had taken up a suo motu case regarding fake accounts that revolves around a 2015 inquiry into the suspicious transactions when 29 ‘benami’ bank accounts were identified. Seven individuals were found involved in transacting Rs35bn suspiciously.

Seven individuals were said to be involved in using those accounts for suspicious transactions. The accounts were allegedly used to channel funds received through kickbacks.

The investigation has, revealed that the amount laundered can go up to Rs 100 billion.