MULTAN: The National Accountability Bureau Multan Tuesday arrested three ‘suspects’ for their involvement in Rs 160 million worth of scam of HBL, Islamic Banking Branch (Sadar).
NAB Spokesperson Ahmed Mumtaz Bajwa (Additional Director) has revealed that alleged outlaw Taha Muhammad Ali was working as Relationship Manager in the bank. Through fraud, he used to deprive some account-holders from their amounts, he said, adding that the accused used to transfer amounts to the accounts of his friends namely Aslam Pervez and Khalid Mehmood Jafari and then he transferred amounts from other accounts to the affected person’s account. Bajwa said that Taha used to give impression that the amounts have been submitted in the affected persons accounts.
According to an official statement, the HBL administration sought help from the NAB after financial affairs in the branch got worsened. During investigation, the allegations were proved true. The NAB investigation officer Ali Arsalan Haider arrested the outlaws. However, the NAB officials were also investigating some other characters in the case, said the release. The arrested outlaws would be produced before Accountability Court on Wednesday (today).
