Elahis granted interim bail in money laundering case

LAHORE: A district and session court in Lahore has granted interim bail to wife of PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi, in a money laundering case.

During the course of proceedings here o n Saturday, the court accepted the petition and granted interim bail to all accused including Tahreem Elahi and Rasakh Elahi in the money laundering case, and ordered them submit surety bonds worth Rs100,000 each.

The court ordered also the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) not to arrest the two until February 14. Additionally, they were directed to submit an investigation report to the court.

It may be added here that Rasakh Elahi, his wife Zahra Elahi and Moonis’s wife Tahirim Elahi had been accused of suspicious bank transactions between 2016 and 2021.

As per FIA, huge sums of money were transferred from the accounts of the three people to the account of Qaiser Iqbal Bhatti — junior clerk of the Punjab Assembly.