LAHORE: A sessions court on Friday granted interim pre-arrest bail to two more employees of JDW sugar mills owned by estranged leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Jahangir Khan Tareen, in the FIRs about the multi-billion-rupee sugar scam that also carries charges of money laundering and fraud.

Maqsood Ahmad, the mills’ secretary, and Ghufran Ahmad, the accountant, appeared before the court with their lawyers.

Additional District & Sessions Judge Hamid Hussain allowed the bail to them subject to surety bonds of Rs100,000 each.

A special court for banking offence also granted interim pres-arrest bail to cash collector Amir Waris in one of the FIRs.

The other day, the special court had allowed the bail to Rana Naseem Ahmad, the chief operating officer of JDW sugar mills, and 14 others in the same cases.

The suspects have been approaching the courts of different jurisdictions for the bail as per the offences attributed to them in the FIRs.

The agency also booked Tareen, his son Ali Tareen, son-in-law and others in the multiple FIRs. However, they are yet to join the investigation despite being summoned six times.

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2021