Remand of six accused in fraud case extended

LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday extended 14-day judicial remand of six accused persons, including main suspect Farhan Cheema, in a case of Rs2 billion fraud through a housing society. The officials didn’t produce the accused before the court due to Corona situation. However, the NAB prosecutor informed the court that the main suspect had again entered in a plea bargain with the NAB. After which the court extended judicial remand of the accused for 14 days. The NAB had arrested Farhan Cheema, Rashid Bashir, Agha Shahid, Rizwan Farhad, Sajid Ameen and Salim Ishtiaq. Farhan Cheema had entered into a plea bargain with the NAB and secured a bail from the Lahore High Court. However, he deviated from the deal later which resulted in his arrest.