Former minister Fawad Chaudhry sent to jail in fraud case
Case has been registered against Chaudhry on charge of taking bribe from a citizen when he was a minister.
ISLAMABAD: Former minister Fawad Chaudhry was on Wednesday produced in a local court which sent him on judicial remand for 14 days in a fraud case registered against him on the complaint of a citizen.
On November 5, Chaudhry was handed over to the police for two days in connection with the inquiry of the case in which he was arrested on November 4.
Yesterday, Chaudhry was brought to the court with his face and head covered with a piece of cloth. His physical remand was extended for one day on the request of the prosecution
Chaudhry, a former leader of the PTI, had joined the newly-formed Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party after the May 9 violence following the arrest of PTI chairman Imran Khan However, he reportedly backtracked from his decision to part ways with Imran Khan.
Earlier, he was arrested soon after the May 9 incidents, but released. Chaudhry was again picked up from his house in Islamabad on November 4 and taken to an undisclosed location on November 4.
The court was told that Chaudhry while a minister had taken Rs0.5 million from a citizen promising him a job. However, neither he arranged the job nor returned the money to the applicant.
The job applicant, Zaheer, filed a case against Chaudhry in the Aabpara police station of Islamabad. However, Chaudhry told the court that the case was fake and the complainant even did not turn up at the court.
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