[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]After being released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi was promptly re-arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team and sent to Lahore on allegations of allegedly taking bribes for development project contracts.
As Elahi was leaving the prison, a NAB team from Rawalpindi and Lahore apprehended him once more.
Elahi was brought in a Rawalpindi sessions court by NAB prosecutors, who requested a two-day transitory remand to transfer him to Lahore. However, the court merely issued a one-day transitory remand and ordered the NAB to bring Elahi before the competent court under safe custody the next day.
The court order indicated that on August 11, an arrest warrant was issued for Elahi in conjunction with the investigation.
Previously: Parvez Elahi Transferred to Adiala Jail
Elahi’s lawyer, on the other hand, has condemned his new detention as politically motivated and announced that they will contest it in the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Elahi was arrested on June 1 for his alleged involvement in a fraud case worth Rs70 million involving the misuse of development funds in the Gujrat district.
Elahi has been released on court orders several times in the last two and a half months, only to be detained again the next day. He was released from Lahore’s Camp Jail in mid-July, but was again jailed for 30 days under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) order.
Elahi is seen saying in a video released by the PTI before to his re-arrest, “If they are gaining happiness in this manner (by arresting me), then let them.”
Case
Elahi is one of the co-accused in a bribery case concerning road contracting in the Gujarat Highways Division.
Elahi’s son Moonis Elahi, Mahr Azmat Hayat, and others are also named as suspects in the case.
According to the claims, Elahi and Moonis were paid kickbacks by Azmat, both directly and through their accountant Imtiaz Ali Shah.
The co-charged are accused of inflicting significant financial losses to the government while engaging in corrupt acts and practises in violation of Section 9(a) of the NAB ordinance, 1999.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
