By Bureau Report
PESHAWAR: An accountability court here on Saturday granted physical remand of former bank manager Zahoor Ahmad to the National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for nine days in a high-profile case involving the alleged embezzlement of Rs36 billion funds in the Upper Kohistan district accounts office.
Judge Mohammad Hamid Mughal directed NAB officials to produce on Aug 18 the former manager, who is accused of receiving and laundering crime proceeds exceeding Rs1.086 through a construction firm which he had allegedly set up in the name of his brother.
He also allowed four-days physical remand of a senior auditor of the Accountant General鈥檚 Office, Radiullah, to the anti-graft body in the same case.
The auditor was produced before the court on completion of his physical custody.
Senior NAB senior prosecutor Habibullah Baig had sought his further custody, saying investigation from him has yet not been completed.
The prosecutor submitted an application on behalf of deputy director Waqar Ahmad,