Former Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi’s son Rasikh Elahi Friday appeared before the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and recorded his statement in connection with a fresh money laundering probe.
According to the sources, Rasikh was summoned by the FIA for investigation in a case registered against him and some other family members. FIA handed over a questionnaire to Chaudhry Rasikh Elhi while he asked for time to answer the questions.
It is pertinent to note that the FIA registered a FIR against Pervaiz Elahi’s son after the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly. The agency accused him committing money laundering of over Rs30 million
According to the FIA, the State Bank of Pakistan had detected some transactions involving huge amounts of money in the bank accounts of Qaisar Bhatti (a lower cadre employee of the Punjab Assembly) and three others. In this amount, some amount has been transferred to Rasikh and other Elahi family members.