PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (NAB-KPK) has claimed to recover almost 5 kilogram gold from the house of Awami National Party’s leader Masoom Shah, known as SMS.
As per details, NAB on August 11, 2015 arrested accused Syed Masoom Shah which was also special assistant to ex-Chief Minister KPK Amir Haider Hoti on the allegation of corruption and malpractice.
Furthermore, the accused Shah possessed huge bank balance in local and foreign bank accounts and owned precious vehicles. The accused and his family members frequently visited abroad and spent millions of rupees.
He also has numbers of property including a house on 12 Kanal land in his village Battagram District, two plots in Hayatabad, two plots in Regi Model Town, two plots in DHA Karachi, a house at Tulip Road Bahria Town Rawalpindi, one kanal house in Zaryab Colony Peshawar, three kanal precious land in Tehkal Bala Peshawar, one Kanal land at Warsak Road Peshawar.
Following his arrest, the accused was presented before the Accountability Court where he was handed over to NAB authorities for interrogation. During the interrogation, the accused Masoom Shah revealed that he has got illegal asset in the shape of gold and on his pointation NAB recovered gold from his house.
