SUKKUR: Aijaz Memon, an engineer serving in Sindh government’s works and services department and kept in the Sukkur Central Prison on corruption charges, died died in the local civil hospital on Sunday.

Mr Memon was named in a references filed against him and some of his associates by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

According to the prison authorities, he suffered a heart stroke and rushed to the hospital, where he died during treatment.

Engineer Aijaz Memon hailed from Jacobabad and had been in NAB custody for an investigation into alleged misappropriation of Rs90 million development funds for Jacobabad, said jail sources. He was brought to the prison about two months back, they added.

It was gathered that he was first taken to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Sukkur, but doctors referred him to the civil hospital on Saturday evening, the sources said.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2020