No fake bank accounts involved in JWD sugar mill transactions, says FIA counsel in court
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) admitted its mistake on Saturday before the banking court judge that it inadvertently involved dubious transactions made through fake bank accounts in sugar crisis inquiry against estranged PTI leader Jahangir Tareen.
The truth is that “no fake accounts have been involved in fake transaction with JWD sugar mill owned by Jahangir Tareen,” the FIA counsel said during the pre-arrest bail proceedings against Tareen and his son Ali Tareen in the court.
The FIA had registered a first information report (FIR) against Tareen and other members of his family in two separate cases on charges of financial embezzlement, money laundering and use of fake bank accounts.
The FIR also alleged that that an employee of the JWD group had withdrawn Rs2.2billion from JWD accounts and also deposited the same amount in Tareen’s family accounts as well as associated companies of the JWD during the period of three years.
The FIA had deemed the suspicious transaction as money laundering.
Following admission by the FIA, Tareen’s counsel advocate Salman Safdar said in the court that it was happening for the first time that the one of the charges in the FIR against his client had been termed wrong by the complainant itself, “otherwise the institutions in routine utilised all their powers to establish FIR’s content as true material”.
He went on to argue that all FIRs registered against his clients have nothing to do with reality, nor these (FIRs) based upon truth, adding that all cases have been registered merely to humiliate the estranged PTI leader.
The FIA challenged the jurisdiction of the baking court while praying to forward the case to ordinary court, saying the case against the PTI leader should be heard by relevant district and sessions court.
The baking court adjourned the hearing till May 3, when it will announce its decision whether this case falls under its jurisdiction or not.
PM Imran Khan warned
PTI MNAs and MPAs, who accompanied Tareen to the banking court in show of support with the estranged leader, warned Prime Minister Imran Khan while speaking to the media, saying “if the things remained unchanged, if humiliation of Jahangir Tareen continues with the same pace, then we can take any extreme decision”.
“We believe that Jahangir Tareen is being humiliated through such cowardly moves, nothing could be earned through such ways… this matter should be brought to its logical conclusion,” demanded PTI lawmaker Raja Riaz.
“We are warning Prime Minister Imran Khan for the last time, if the things are not wrapped up then they may get out of control.”
‘No wrongdoing committed’
Disgruntled ruling PTI leader Tareen, while addressing the press conference, said he did not commit any wrongdoing and earned all money through legal means.
Tareen said the aim of such all cases and inquiry against him is merely aimed at humiliating him and to sideline him from the mainstream politics.
“Not even a single word about sugar scam has been mentioned in the FIR registered against me,” he said.
He also claimed that the purpose of sugar inquiry is not to bring down its prices but to humiliate him.
“I will fight the cases and will prove my innocence in the courts,” Tareen said.
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