PESHAWAR: A court of accountability in Peshawar has denied the bail plea of a suspect apprehended in the Upper Kohistan financial case.
Accountability Judge Hamid Mughal presided over the hearing. The verdict follows the presentation of arguments from each party. The defendant, employed as a schoolteacher, had requested bail via her representative.
Throughout the hearing, the defense attorney contended that the accused’s spouse merely had a salary account and that she was not directly engaged in financial dealings. Nevertheless, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor firmly rejected the bail plea.
The NAB prosecutor notified the court that Rs200 million (20 crore rupees) were seized from the accused’s home. Additionally, it was disclosed that in the case of another accused, Faheem had transmitted millions of rupees to the woman via transactions from four different bank accounts.
NAB states that full documentation of these transactions is included in the investigation file and assets valued at millions owned by the accused are presently being examined.
The court, after taking into account the evidence and the various arguments presented, denied the bail application and ordered the immediate transfer of the accused to custody. Following this, the officials of NAB announced that the investigations regarding the Upper Kohistan case have been sped up and the case will be subjected to more legal actions.
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