FIA confiscates record of all 16 sugar mills of Omni Group

BADIN: The Federal Investigation Agency confiscated on Sunday the record of all the 16 sugar mills of the Omni Group, whose owner and his son are already facing investigation in a money laundering case.

According to sources, the FIA and Rangers raided the Khoski sugar mill in Badin and recovered records and weapons.

FIA sources said that the raid was held on a tip-off by under custody suspects and all the record of 16 sugar mills under the Omni Group was confiscated.

Sources further informed that four SMG Rifles and seven Kalashnikovs were found from the sugar mill in Badin. 

Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed and his son, Abdul Ghani Majeed, were earlier arrested in connection to a money laundering case.

Anwar, a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari, and his son were arrested on August 15 in connection to a case pertaining to money laundering through fake bank accounts.

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Omni Group chairman and his son, Abdul Ghani Majeed, were arrested in connection to a money laundering case earlier this month

The FIA is investigating 32 people in relation to money laundering from fictitious accounts, including Asif Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur. Zardari’s close aide Hussain Lawai was arrested last month in connection with the probe.

Over 20 ‘benami’ accounts at some private banks were opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015 from where transactions worth billions of rupees were made, according to sources. The amount, according to FIA sources, is said to be black money gathered from various kickbacks, commissions and bribes.