FIA raids Anwar Majeed's sugar mill, seizes record
No one was allowed to enter the mill at the time of raid.
BADIN (Dunya News) – Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday has raided the sugar mill of former president and co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari s close aide Anwar Majeed in Khoski.
During the operation, security officials seized the entire mill and also confiscated its record for investigation. No one was allowed to enter the mill at the time of raid.
Earlier, FIA had decided to begin its probe into money laundering charges against Omni Group Chairman Anwar Majeed and his son Abdul Ghani.
Majeed and his son were arrested outside the Supreme Court after Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar rejected pre-arrest bail plea of Anwar Majeed during the hearing of their case.
“We don’t want to waste time on forming a joint investigation team (JIT). We will continue to supervise this case as suo moto action was taken against it,” the top judge remarked.
Separately, a banking court extended interim bail of PPP leader Faryal Talpur till September 4 in money laundering case.
A report prepared by the FIA revealed more than 10 political personalities are allegedly involved in fictitious transactions worth Rs35 billion.
An FIR stated that M/S Zardari Group (Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, etc) got Rs15,000,000 and were among the beneficiaries of the transaction trail of fake bank accounts maintained by Omni Group, owned by Anwar Majeed, another close aide of the former president.
Hussain Lawai, chairman of Pakistan Stock Exchange, and his associates are accused of opening 29 fake accounts in the Summit Bank and United Bank of Pakistan Limited.
