PESHAWAR:
An accountability court has formally indicted former IGP Malik Naveed in a Rs2.03 billion scam involving the procurement of weapons for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police, sources reported.
The former police official was initially arrested on November 20, 2013.
The court further framed charges against budget officer Javed Khan.
Both officials have been accused of causing massive losses to the national exchequer after taking kickbacks for approval of the weapons contracts.
During the hearing on Tuesday, Judge Muhammad Ibrahim Khan framed charges against both suspects. However, he refused to admit the charges of bribery against them.
Prosecutor Daniyal Chamkani appeared on behalf of NAB in the case.
Both were charged for committing the crime with the active connivance of former Frontier Constabulary commandant Abdul Majeed Khan, former additional IGP operation Abdul Latif Khan, DIG Central Police Office Sajid Ali Khan, former DIG headquarters Muhammad Suleman Khan, the then AIG establishment CPO Kashif Alam and former DIG telecommunication Sadiq Kamal Orakzai. They were also members of the purchase committee, but had not been summoned by the court.
