LAHORE: A sessions court on Friday granted interim pre-arrest bail to three family members of the suspects in an alleged online sale of fake US postage stamps worth $126m.
The applicants, Wasim Akram, Ayesha Akram and Sameera Anjum, who were declared co-suspects in the case along with key suspects appeared before the court for the bail. Their counsel, Rana Lugman, argued that the applicants had been falsely implicated in the case and had no involvement in the alleged offence.
The court accepted their petitions and gr ante d them interim bail till Nov 13 with a direction to join the investigation before the next hearing.
Regarding the key suspects, Faheem and Naeem Akram, the defence counselargued that the prosecution had so farfailed to collect any concrete evidence against them.
He maintained that Faheem Akram, the key suspect, worked as a freelancer and received payments from foreign clients, arguing that the transactions cited by the prosecution were related to his professional work.
Staff Reporter