"Why does the NAB not arrest the accused after completing the investigations?" Justice Mushir Alam questioned, adding the authority should first complete the inquiry then arrest the accused persons.
NAB Special Prosecutor Imranul Haq submitted that the accused persons are arrested so that they could not tamper with the record. He informed the court that accused Faisal Kamran has committed fraud by receiving money from the people with this promise that he will return them double amount.
The NAB prosecutor further informed the bench that a reference has been filed against the accused and assured that they will try their best to complete the process on the said reference.
Counsel for the accused, Ghulam Nabi, informed that his client was working as an agent for Axis Global Company in Khushab, while the company was based in Karachi. He told that his client after collecting money from people used to send it to Raj Kumar, CEO of the company. Kamran had transferred Rs 41.5 million to the account of Raj Kumar.
Ghulam Nabi told that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Faisalabad Circle, had initially traced out this case and arrested his client. The agency kept Kamran in its custody for six months and later on released him. In March last year, the NAB took cognizance of the case and arrested his client and his wife Serish Kamran.
The lawyer contended that the case is under trial in Accountability Court, Faisalabad. He said that his client approached Lahore High Court (LHC) for bail, which was denied. In LHC Raj Kumar was also made party. He, however, entered into plea bargain with the NAB and paid over Rs10 million.
The NAB after receiving the amount released him, but has kept his client still behind the bars, though he had already paid amount which was due against him. The bench disposed of the case as Ghulam Nabi withdrew the appeal for bail.