FIA to probe Imran’s bank accounts, his links with porn industry

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore has started a probe into the reported bank accounts of arrested accused Imran Ali, who allegedly raped and murdered the little Zainab of Kasur, The News has learnt.

A senior FIA official told this correspondent on Thursday that a thorough probe has been launched to ascertain whether more than 30 bank accounts including foreign currency accounts, reported in the media, belonged to the murderer Imran and his family or not. The media reports linking Imran with international pornography mafia claimed that he has more than 30 bank accounts and has received millions of dollars in his bank accounts over the years.

The FIA high-ups, taking notice of the revelations, ordered an enquiry and assigned the task to Assistant Director FIA Sajjad Mustafa Bajwa.

According to the official, the enquiry team of the FIA Lahore has written to State Bank of Pakistan and sought complete banking details, if any, against the names of Imran and his entire family, i.e., Imran Ali (ID Card number 3510274598347), Arshad (ID Card number 3510296099649), Salma Bibi (ID Card number 351020521569), Samreen (ID Card number 351023523472), Noreen (ID Card number 351023513877-), Fahad Ali (ID Card number 351026394247-), Zerish (ID Card number 35102967179--) and Imran Ali (ID Card number 35102756606.

Subsequently, the enquiry team has also written to 29 other banks of the country and sought complete banking details of the subject family to investigate their possible links with the international pornography mafia and their exchange of money with each others, if any. Sharing further details, the FIA official told that family history obtained through NADRA has revealed that Imran might have been holding two ID cards as his family tree disclosed that two ID cards were issued against the same name, i.e. Imran Ali, having the same date of birth --- 1994. The official maintained that even if Imran has a twin brother but both wouldn’t be having the same name. He further stated that the enquiry team has sought travel history of the accused and his family to know whether he or his family has travelled to any foreign country or not and for what purposes. He said Call Data Record (CDR) of the accused and his family was also being collected.

When approached, another official said that the FIA team might meet the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), formed by Punjab chief minister, who probed the rape and murder of little Zainab, on Friday (today). The FIA team would collect the required details from the JIT and also try to record statements of Imran and his entire family – currently under the physical remand of the police.

The FIA has written to regional heads of various banks including Bank Al-Habib, Bank Alfalah, Faysal Bank, Habib Bank, Habib Metropolitan Bank, JS Bank, KASB Bank, MCB Bank, NIB Bank, Samba Bank, Silk Bank, Soneri Bank, Standard Charted Bank, United Bank, Al-Baraka Bank, Burj Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Meezan Bank, Barclays Bank, National Bank, First Woman Bank, The Bank of Punjab, Allied Bank, Askari Bank, Summit Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Kashf Micro Finance Bank, Khushhali Bank, Tameer Micro Finance Bank, Waseela Micro Finance Bank and U-Micro Finance Bank.