ISLAMABAD: A visually-impaired woman, who was defrauded by a former bank manager, has recovered nearly 19.2 million rupees, while the Islamabad High Court has ordered the seizure of the convict’s two vehicles to help recover the remaining amount.
A division bench comprising Justice Muhammad Azam Khan and Justice Inaam Amee Minhas issued the order while hearing an application filed by petitioner Darakhshan Mirza seeking enforcement of an earlier recovery order. She thanked the judges for their assistance in securing the recovery of her money.
Assistant Attorney General Azmat Bashir Tarar told the court that Darakhshan had already received 15.9 million rupees. He said she had received two additional payments a cheque of 2.8 million rupees and another of 530,000 rupees, bringing the recovered amount to about 19.2 million rupees.
The court directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to recover two vehicles belonging to convicted former bank manager Rameez Javed within a week and submit a detailed compliance report.
Rameez Javed is serving a five-year prison sentence at Adiala Jail after being convicted of embezzling more than 20 million rupees from Darakhshan while serving as a bank manager. The Islamabad High Court had previously dismissed Javed’s appeal against his conviction and also ordered recovery of the defrauded amount.
After the full amount was not recovered, Darakhshan filed the present application seeking implementation of the court’s earlier order.
The bench adjourned proceedings until July 7 and directed the FIA to submit a progress report on the recovery of the vehicles.
