FIA raids three sugar mills in Badin reportedly owned by Omni Group: sources

Published November 2, 2018
Omni Group's chairman Anwar Majeed. — File Photo
Omni Group's chairman Anwar Majeed. — File Photo

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) teams once again raided sugar mills reportedly owned by the Omni Group in three towns of Badin district on Thursday, credible sources said.

According to the sources, the raids took place late at night on Thursday in Khoski, Talhar and Matli towns during which some records were seized.

FIA teams also seized official records from a branch of Sindh Bank set up within the boundary of Khoski Sugar Mills. The seizure was in relation to an alleged scam —which surfaced around two years ago — which netted an amount of Rs700-750 million.

The raids are the latest in an ongoing probe of money laundering cases against various Omni Group officials, including Anwar Majeed and his sons, former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur.

Majeed, a close aide of Zardari, and Abdul Ghani Majeed of the Omni Group are the prime accused in the multi-billion-rupee fake accounts case currently being investigated by the FIA.

According to sources, FIA officials asked the sugar mill officials about a stock of sugar which had gone 'missing' after the fake accounts case was taken up in the apex court.

A FIA team along with paramilitary forces had earlier raided Khoski Sugar Mill on August 26, .

During the raid, an official said, the FIA team recovered seven Kalashnikovs, four semi-automatic rifles, two digital video recorders, 27 hard discs, one virtual storage device and financial files and ledgers.

Local officials refused to comment on the recent raids on sugar mills.

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