Ayyan case: Another woman comes into view

RAWALPINDI:

Intelligence officials who have been investigating Ayyan Ali’s case now want to question a rich woman of Karachi who has allegedly bought Ayyan Ali a luxury apartment worth Rs15 million and has Rs300 million in her bank account, according to local media sources.

Sources close to the investigation did not disclose the name of the woman but the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is curious to know who the alleged stranger is who has extended such a huge favour upon the model, reportedly.

According to sources the FBR will be writing to the airlines she travelled for the identity of the persons who paid for her air tickets. Investigators believe they can shed more light on her suspect travels and activities this way, authorities stated.

Interestingly, Dubai-based businessman Najeeb Haroon, property dealer Mumtaz Hussain and her mother Farhat Sultana whom Ayyan had mentioned to her interrogators have not responded to summons that the FBR and Customs intelligence to come and account for their part in her story, according to local media outlets.

Ayyan claimed that she made her money by selling “files” of five plots in high-end Bahria Town estate to Najeeb Haroon through Mumtaz Hussain’s First City estate agency, although the FBR claim that no such agency exists.