FIA arrests Nimar Majeed outside Supreme Court's Karachi Registry

KARACHI: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday arrested Nimar Majeed, son of Chairman OMNI Group, Anwar Majeed outside Supreme Court Karachi Registry in a matter pertaining to missing of sugar worth Rs 11billions from Mills of OMNI group.

At outset of the hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) after showing his resentment over missing of sugar bags summoned officials of the group and concerned to appear before the court.

A bench of the apex court headed by CJP heard the case at its Karachi registry.”Where was FIA and Police, when sugar worth billions of rupees went missing from the sugar mills of OMNI group,” asked CJP.

During hearing of the case, DG FIA informed the honorable bench that “Nine sugar mills are operating under the umbrella of OMNI group and nine cases of missing sugar have been registered.”

DG FIA on query of the CJP about offices of the OMNI Group, contended that the group is having its office in Karachi and some offices are in rural areas of the province.

Yesterday, the CJP remarked at the outset of the hearing, that the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the money-laundering scam had complained about non-cooperation on the part of the Sindh government in its investigation and asked why he was receiving such complaints.

Director General FIA, Bashir Memon said the JIT faced difficulties at first but received relevant documents from the department concerned after court’s intervention.

Justice Saqib Nisar directed all departments of the Sindh government to extend full cooperation to the probe team and remarked that the JIT head has full freedom to go wherever he wants in connection with the probe.

The top court had constituted the JIT to probe the money-laundering scam involving former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and OMNI group head, Anwar Majeed.

Six members of the JIT, headed by Additional Director General (Economic Crime Wing) FIA Headquarters Ahsan Sadiq, include Commissioner-IR (Corporate Zone) Regional Tax Officer Imran Latif Minhas, Joint Director BID-I State Bank of Pakistan Majid Hussain, Director National Accountability Bureau Noman Aslam, Muhammad Afzal, Director (Specialized Companies Division) Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan and Brigadier Shahid Parvez of Inter-Services Intelligence.