SC rejects bail plea of housing society fraud accused

ISLAMABAD - The Su­preme Court (SC) on Tuesday rejected pre-arrest bail pleas of Rab Razi Cooperative Hous­ing Society fraud accused. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested accused Shah Mohammad, Irfan Rasool and Sartajul Haq outside the court premises. A three-member SC bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah heard the case. Ac­cording to the NAB, on receipt of complaint from the affected allottees against management of M/s Rab Razi Cooperative Housing Society regarding their involvement in corruption & corrupt practices. At the onset of hearing, the NAB Prosecu­tor said that the accused were accused of fraud of Rs393 mil­lion. The accused grabbed more than nine acres of government land and sold it to the people, he added. The court expressed annoyance over misrepresenta­tion by Assistant Registrar Co­operative Housing Society Sar­taj-ul-Haq's lawyer. Addressing the lawyer, Justice Bandial said that his client, as the Inquiry Of­ficer, protected all the accused in the report. The NAB Pros­ecutor said that the Coopera­tive Housing Society members along with private members is­sued fake lease letters. The ac­cused grabbed government land and committed fraud with the people, he added.

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