Two fraud accused held

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore on Friday arrested Irfan Ali Shah and Syed Awais Ahmad Shah from Lahore in Rs35.23 million fraud case.

According to the NAB spokesman, the accused persons used to collect money in advance from general public to give them motorbikes, UPS, LED etc but fled the scene after collecting huge money from public. Accused Irfan Ali Shah was director of a private company. He was also a spiritual leader (peer) of Makoana, Faisalabad.  The co-accused Syed Awais Ahmed Shah also established some franchises on behalf of that company.

NAB Lahore launched verification against the accused in 2015 against a complaint received through intelligence sources and a proper inquiry was launched on the directives of NAB DG Lahore which was converted into investigation in 2016.

After collecting evidences, NAB Lahore arrested the accused persons and presented them before Accountability Court for acquiring their physical remand. —Correspondent