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PESHAWAR, Sep 04 (APP):Four suspects arrested in Kohistan financial scandal were produced before the Accountability Court here Thursday, where Judge Ali Gohar sent them to jail on a 14-day judicial remand after the completion of their physical remand.
According to the investigating officer, two of the accused, Gul Rahman and Musharraf Shah, were cashiers in a bank and in collaboration with others, issued fake cheques to construction companies. He stated that the cheques were issued without verification, leading to heavy transactions.
The third accused, Shafiq Ali, is the owner of a private construction company who opened an account for these transactions, while the fourth accused, Alamzeb, a senior auditor at the Accountant General’s Office, facilitated the preparation of accounts and processing of the fraudulent transactions.
During the hearing, the complainant’s lawyer informed the court that the 14-day physical remand had already been completed, as per law, and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) could not keep the suspects in custody any longer.
Subsequently, all four suspects were sent to jail on judicial remand.