The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday froze the bank account of the ice-cream vendor who had Rs2.25 billion in his bank and summoned five officials of a private bank to appear before it on Monday.
Reportedly, there will be two separate investigations. One will be conducted by the joint investigation team (JIT) formed on the directives of the Supreme Court (SC) to probe the Rs35 billion money laundering scam. The other will be conducted by FIA itself.
According to media reports, FIA also sought the opinion of legal experts to determine who it should register a case against.
Abdul Qadir, a resident of Orangi Town’s Sector 8L, said that did not know anything about the account or the amount present in it. He said that he learned about the account from FIA’s summon letter, adding that he had opened a bank account a few years ago to buy a house in Karachi’s Sarjani Town area.
After the disclosure of Rs2.25 billion in his account, a police contingent was deployed at his residence.
