The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will be enlisting Interpol’s help to bring Kamran Kayani, brother of former chief of army staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, back from Dubai if he does not record his statement in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) corruption case voluntarily.
In case of non-cooperation, Interpol would be approached with a red warrant for Kamran Kayani, news agency INP has claimed.
NAB has been pursuing a reference against Kayani, Hammad Arshad, owner of Globaco (Pvt) Ltd, Muhammad Hussain and others for their alleged embezzlement of around Rs 16 billion while acquiring land for development projects in the Defence area. The project had a quota for heirs of army martyrs.
Arshad, who is in NAB custody, has repeatedly changed his statement during interrogation. He has reportedly confessed to having handed over as many as 120 files of the martyrs to Kayani. It has been revealed that Kayani acquired a loan worth Rs 550 million from the Bank of Punjab in the matter.
NAB has extended the scale of investigations and seized as many as 17 accounts belonging to Globaco. It is also reviewing matters involving the former COAS’s brother in the past to simplify the present case. The cases include National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) and Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI), among others.
The deputy prosecutor in the case, General Accountability Khaleeuquz Zaman has said that authorities are digging further for useful records.
It may be mentioned that Kamran Kayani is currently residing in Dubai and authorities have decided to approach INTERPOL to bring him back. Hammad Arshad has become an approver in the case and is willing to help. The NAB is making efforts to get the statement of Kamran Kayani recorded.
Both Kayani and Arshad were given contracts to launch a housing scheme in the Defence area with plots for army martyrs. They, however, allegedly pocketed billions of rupees, but did not develop the housing scheme.