Altaf Hussain released on bail
MQM chief Altaf Hussain has been released on bail from a London police station.
LONDON (Dunya News) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has been released on bail from a police station in London on early Saturday morning.
Altaf Hussain was interviewed at the police station after being discharged from Wellington Hospital. The interview lasted for nine hours after which Altaf Hussain’s lawyers filed bail application which was accepted and he was released from police staion.
Earlier, Altaf Hussain was transferred to the police station on Friday after discharging from the hospital.
According to reports, doctors had termed Altaf Hussain’s angiography reports satisfactory, following which, the Scotland Yard decided to move MQM chief to the station again.
MQM chief Altaf Hussain was taken into custody on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and was transferred to Wellington Hospital after his health unsettled. Hussain has been receiving treatment at the hospital for the past three days.
Metropolitan Police of London had started money laundering probe against Altaf Hussain after they recovered some 250,000 pound sterling from his house, whose source could not be ascertained. The raid was conducted during the investigation of Imran Farooq murder case.
