Bail granted to accused who defrauded crores on pretext of sending abroad

Accused is still doing same work in jail today and running his complete network sitting in Adiala Jail, counsel for victims

Islamabad: In case of looting crores of rupees from citizens on pretext of sending them abroad, Supreme Court has granted bail to accused Muhammad Jahanzaib.

Additional Attorney General told court that accused obtained money from more than one thousand victims, while he had also taken degrees of more than 3 thousand people for jobs. Many degrees of youth are still to be recovered from accused.

According to Additional Attorney General, there are also direct complaints of 600 victims against accused, while Rs 12 crore have been recovered from accused's account. He told court that this is fraud of more than Rs 41 crore.

Counsel for victims took stance that accused is still doing same work in jail today and is running his complete network sitting in Adiala Jail. According to counsel for victims, 8 employees of Adiala Jail have been suspended after recovery of mobile phone from accused.

On other hand, counsel for accused took stance that there is no direct evidence against Muhammad Jahanzaib and accused has no connection with all these matters.

Additional Attorney General took stance that accused used to collect money through his agents.

Supreme Court after hearing arguments granted bail to accused Muhammad Jahanzaib.