Money laundering case: FIA team raids Anwar Majeed’s house

KARACHI (92 News) – The joint investigation team (JIT) of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday raided at the house of arrested Anwar Majeed, former president Asif Zardari’s close aide and Omni Group Chairman, in the money laundering case. As per reports, the JIT of FIA conducted raid on the residence of arrested in money laundering case accused Anwar Majeed. During the raid, the team seized different documents while interrogated from the servants and women present at home. The sources informed that the JIT took the documents related to personal accounts of Anwar Majeed into its custody. It is pertinent to mention here that Anwar Majeed was already in the custody of the FIA. The FIA is investigating 32 people in relation to money laundering from fictitious accounts, including Zardari and Talpur. Zardari’s close aide Hussain Lawai was arrested in July in connection with the probe. The former president’s other close aide and Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed and his son, Abdul Ghani, were arrested by FIA in August. Over 20 ‘benami’ accounts at some private banks were opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015 from where transactions worth billions of rupees were made, according to sources.