LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau on Saturday filed a reference in an accountability court against Tayyaba Farooq, the woman who appears in the leaked video of the NAB chairman, and her husband on a charge of defrauding the general public at large.

The 630-page reference claims that Tayyaba and her husband, Farooq Nool, along with their accomplices used to loot innocent people impersonating officials of secret agencies and NAB.

It said the bureau received six complaints against the couple and 36 witnesses gave statements against them.

It said the investigation revealed that the suspects lured and defrauded the complainants by collecting millions of rupees through corrupt practices and dishonesty.

It said the suspects looted the victims on the pretext of processing their visas, installation of towers of mobile companies, getting them relief in court cases and purchasing cheaper bulldozers for them.

The bureau said the couple deprived their victims of a collective sum of Rs20.4 million.

The presiding judge, Jawadul Hassan, directed NAB to present its witnesses on June 17.

Tayyaba had been granted post-arrest bail by the Lahore High Court while her husband was in jail on judicial remand in the same case.

Published in Dawn, May 26th, 2019