FIA registers money laundering case against PML-Q's Moonis Elahi
Pervaiz Elahi to be investigated if evidence is found: Moonis Elahi says he will appear in FIA office himself: Rana Sana asks Moonis not to get angry as case is Imran Khan’s gift for him: Court returns Moonis’ bail plea
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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wednesday registered a money laundering case against former federal minister and PML-Q MNA Moonis Elahi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
It is learnt that the FIA Corporate Crime Circle registered the case against Moonis Elahi on the report of sugar inquiry commission.
The FIA sources said that ‘sufficient evidence’ was collected against Moonis after which the agency decided to formally start an investigation against him. He is accused of sending money abroad through “Hundi”.
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Speaker of Punjab Assembly and father of Moonis Elahi, will also be investigated if evidence is found against him, the sources added.
Moreover, Muhammad Khan Bhatti, Wajid Ahmed Khan Bhatti, Nawaz Bhatti, and Mazhar Iqbal have also been nominated in the case.
Two of the nominated accused including Nawaz Bhatti and Mazhar Iqbal have been arrested.
Meanwhile, Moonis Elahi reacted to registration of the money laundering case against him and declared to appear in the FIA office.
“I am going to the FIA office myself. I have faced such vindictive acts before. We knew the true nature of the Sharifs. Therefore, we did not succumb to any temptation,” he said.
“PML-N can do whatever it wants, I stand by Imran Khan and will do so. When we decided to go with the PTI, we knew that the Sharifs would resort to such moves. We made an alliance with Imran Khan, and now I am ready to face vindictive acts,” he added.
Moonis Elahi said that he had been issued no notice, nor did he receive any call from the FIA before the registration of the case.
“All my assets are declared,” he claimed.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah also reacted to the registration of a case against Moonis Elahi and asked him not to get angry, for it was a gift of Imran Khan for him.
“It was decided to arrest Moonis Elahi during the tenure of Imran Khan,” said Rana Sanaullah.
“Moonis Elahi had himself talked about this in the presence of Pervaiz Elahi,” he claimed.
“Moonis Elahi formed a private company and bought all the shares,” he alleged.
“We will respectfully make him be seated and show him all the documents,” he stated.
Court returns Moonis’ bail plea
Later in the day, Moonis Elahi filed a bail application in the FIA court in a bid to prevent arrest. Moonis filed the application in the Special Central Court in Lahore; however, the court raised an objection to his application and gave it back to the plaintiff.
The court objected that this case included the provincial government servants as well, so this bail application could not be filed in this court.
Moonis earlier in the day vowed that he had appeared before the FIA and would appear again to face the FIR registered against him by FIA Lahore chapter to probe further his alleged money laundering.
جوکرنا ہے کر لو. میں پہلے بھی پیش ہوا تھا میں اب پھر پیش ہونگا۔ میرا انتظار کرومیں آرہا ہوں۔ #امپورٹڈ__حکومت__نامنظور #FIA
— Moonis Elahi (@MoonisElahi6) June 15, 2022
Reporters: Irfan Malik, Shaheen Ateeq and Ali Akbar