An Accountability Court on Friday extended physical remand of Abdul Ghani Majeed, son of Chairman Omni Group Anwar Majeed, in the multibillion rupees fake bank accounts and Thatta water supply scheme references till July 12. The officials of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) produced the accused before the Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir after expiry of his remand period.
The NAB prosecutor informed the court that the accused is owner of different companies of Omni Group. He said that the accused denied his relation with Parthenon Company. He requested the court to grant 14-day physical remand of the accused for conducting further investigations from him. He said that NAB has also arrested Majeed in Thatta water supply scheme case. The NAB investigators would also investigate the accused with respect to Thatta water supply scheme; therefore, the court should grant physical remand of the accused, he said.
The defence counsel while objecting to the NAB's request said that the accused has provided information to the investigation officer about emails and his relation with the companies.
"Now the NAB requires physical remand just to pressurise the accused," he said.
He said that Parthenon Company has obtained loan. "If taking loan is a crime then all Pakistanis are criminals," he said, adding that a company has obtained the loan and then gave it as loan to another company.
The court after hearing arguments of both the parties extended remand of Majeed for seven days.