The\u00a0Federal\u00a0Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday has filed two FIRs against Jahangir Tareen and two other\u00a0family\u00a0members in Sugar scandal and money laundering charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FIA Lahore registered cases against CEO of JWD Sugar Mills, Jahangir Tareen, his son Ali Tareen and son-in-law in the sugar scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver three billion rupees money laundering made by showing investment in a closed factory,\u201d according to the FIR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigation agency has also charged Tareen and others for illegal hoarding of sugar, misappropriation and cheating in the FIR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CEO of JWD Sugar Mills in an act of forgery transferred 3.14 billion rupees to a closed company, the FIR read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn year 2011-12 over three billion rupees were transferred to Farooqi Pulp Milk Ltd,\u201d according to the case. In year 2011-12 Tareen and family members also purchased dollars from the open market. His nominees transferred over seven million dollars to overseas for purchase of properties,\u201d according to the FIR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FIA in another FIR charged that Amir Waris, a confidante of Tareen, made illegal transactions from the company accounts and drawn over two billion rupees. Waris illegally deposited the amount in personal accounts of Jahangir Tareen and his family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuring the inquiry a fake account was also found, which was used for around six billion rupees illegal transactions,\u201d FIR read. \u201cThe fake account was used for transactions in accounts of various companies of Jahangir Tareen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe probe found that the company\u2019s chief Rana Naseem acted as main aide and made over 600 million rupees transactions from JWD\u2019s accounts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rana Naseem has claimed that the transactions were made for payment of salaries and bonuses, while the company was in deficit for last five years, according to the FIR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FIA has charged in the FIR that Jahangir Tareen, Amir Waris and Rana Naseem have been involved in money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader termed the allegations as baseless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jahangir Tareen said in his statement that his personal and family assets are declared and all members are taxpayers. He said he did his business with honesty and suffered loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Jahangir Tareen went on to say that complete record of his business and transfer of cash is available, and has also been shown to the FIA. He claimed that all funds were transferred abroad through legal banking channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, the FIA Lahore office had summoned the representatives of sugar mills\u2019 managements from March 31 (today) and directed them to bring relevant records of sugar stocks sold through the betting mafia from November 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0Federal\u00a0Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday has filed two FIRs against Jahangir Tareen and two other\u00a0family\u00a0members in Sugar scandal and money laundering charges. FIA Lahore registered cases against CEO of JWD Sugar Mills, Jahangir Tareen, his son Ali Tareen and son-in-law in the sugar scam. \u201cOver […]<\/p>\n
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