LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Moonis Elahi has expressed fear of his arrest in ‘another case’ after rejecting the corruption allegations being probed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), ARY News reported on Thursday.
While reacting to the issuance of a call-up notice by the Federal Investigation Agency, Moonis Elahi said that he became aware of a notice issued by the FIA through local media and social media.
He claimed that the FIA wants to investigate the transactions worth nearly Rs52.6 million in another case.
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In his Twitter message, he said that the money was directed deposited to his bank account but not transacted through another bank account and it was also declared in his tax returns of the concerned year.
The PTI leader said that the agency would not issue a notice if it properly scrutinised his tax returns for the concerned years. He claimed that they want to arrest him in another case after summoning him through a call-up notice.
Earlier in the day, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) summoned former MNA Moonis Elahi, the son of Pervaiz Elahi.
The summoning comes in light of the findings reported by the Financial Monitoring Unit, indicating a significant surge in Moonis Elahi’s personal accounts between 2021 and 2022.
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According to sources within the FIA, the former PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi has been called to appear at the Temple Road office in Lahore in his personal capacity.
Furthermore, it has been revealed that Moonis Elahi received substantial transfers amounting to millions of rupees from a total of eight accounts, as per the FIA’s investigation.
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