LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected bail plea of super model Ayyan Ali in famous money laundering case on Monday.
Earlier, the LHC had reserved its verdict on the super model’s bail plea.
Pakistan People’s Party leader, and former governor of Punjab Sardar Latif Khosa presented arguments in favour of model Ayyan Ali before the LHC. Defending his client, Ayyan’s lawyer, Sardar Latif Khosa told the LHC that she had sold some plots and had gone to Islamabad airport to give money to her brother. Her brother was late and during that time she was arrested.
Further, Khosa upheld that Ayyan did not have a boarding pass with her and without the pass there can be no money laundering case.
On the other hand, the government lawyer argued that the supermodel was about to flee from the country with huge money. She wanted to take the money to Dubai and that is the reason she exchanged rupees into dollars.
Ayyan had filed a bail plea in the LHC against her detention by customs officials in the ongoing currency smuggling case in Rawalpindi Customs Court.
Earlier today, a Rawalpindi Customs Court extended Ayyan’s judicial remand till July 6, 2015 and directed senior lawyers of the accused to attend the next hearing. The model has been sent on judicial remand at least thirteen times since she was first detained by customs officials.
Ayyan Ali was arrested from Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport on March 14 on charges of money laundering. A huge money of 500000 US Dollars were recovered from her bag during search by Customs officials at Airport.
