Prominent banker and main suspect in the Rs 35 billion money laundering scandal Hussain Lawai was admitted to a hospital after he suffered a heart attack in the prison on Thursday.
The accused, currently in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), was moved to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) for treatment.
Lawai was arrested by the FIA on July 6 over money laundering charges after the agency registered a case in Karachi over a mega scandal involving Rs 35 billion said to implicate politicians, businessmen and bankers. FIA officials say that 32 people, including Lawai, are being investigated for laundering billions of rupees through ‘benami’ or fictitious bank accounts. The scandal also includes former president Asif Ali Zardari and several of his close associates, including sister Faryal Talpur.
Published in Daily Times, August 10th 2018.
