Zainab’s killer: FIA to probe murderer’s bank accounts, links with porn industry

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency, Lahore, has started a probe into the reported bank accounts of the arrested accused Imran Ali, who allegedly raped and murdered Zainab, The News has learnt.

A senior FIA official told this correspondent on Thursday that a thorough probe has been launched to ascertain whether more than 30 bank accounts including foreign currency accounts, reported in the media, belong to the murderer Imran and his family or not.

The media reports linked Imran with international pornography mafia claiming that he has more than 30 bank accounts and has received millions of dollars in his bank accounts over the years.

The FIA top bosses ordered an inquiry and assigned the task to Assistant Director FIA Sajjad Mustafa Bajwa. According to the official, the FIA inquiry team haswritten to State Bank of Pakistan and sought complete banking details, if any, against the names of Imran and his entire family, i.e., Imran Ali (ID Card number 3510274598347), Arshad (ID Card number 3510296099649), Salma Bibi (ID Card number 351020521569), Samreen (ID Card number 351023523472), Noreen (ID Card number 351023513877-), Fahad Ali (ID Card number 351026394247-), Zerish (ID Card number 35102967179--) and Imran Ali (ID Card number 35102756606.

Subsequently, the inquiry team has also written to 29 other banks of the country and sought complete banking details of the "subject family" to investigate their possible links with the international pornography mafia and their money trail with each other, if any.

The FIA officer said the family history obtained through NADRA has revealed that Imran might have been been holding two ID cards as his family tree disclosed that two ID cards were issued against the same name, i.e. Imran Ali, having the same date of birth --- 1994. The official maintained that even if Imran has a twin brother, both cannot have the same name.

He further stated that the inquiry team has sought travel history of the accused and his family to know whether he or his family has travelled to any foreign country or not and for what purposes. He said Call Data Record (CDR) of the accused and his family was also being collected.

When approached, another officer said that the FIA team might meet the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), formed by Punjab chief minister on Friday (today). The FIA team would collect the required details from the JIT and also try to record statements of Imran and his entire family – currently under the physical remand of the police.

The FIA has written to regional heads of various banks including Bank Al-Habib, Bank Alfalah, Faysal Bank, Habib Bank, Habib Metropolitan Bank, JS Bank, KASB Bank, MCB Bank, NIB Bank, Samba Bank, Silk Bank, Soneri Bank, Standard Charted Bank, United Bank, Al-Baraka Bank, Burj Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Meezan Bank, Barclays Bank, National Bank, First Woman Bank, The Bank of Punjab, Allied Bank, Askari Bank, Summit Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Kashf Micro Finance Bank, Khushhali Bank, Tameer Micro Finance Bank, Waseela Micro Finance Bank and U-Micro Finance Bank.