LAHORE, Jan 9: An accountability court on Wednesday remanded accused Zubair Beg Mirza, a grade-I officer of the Habib Bank’s Dharampura branch, in the National Account-ability Bureau custody till Jan 23.

The accused had allegedly opened an account in the name of his father Mirza Abid Husain in his bank branch and fraudulently transferred Rs3.6 million from the Workers’ Welfare Fund in it.

He withdrew the amount and misappropriated it.—Reporter