KARACHI: (Staff Reporter0 – A judicial magistrate has sent an accused in a vaccine procurement corruption case, involving an alleged loss of Rs2.445 billion to the national exchequer, to jail on a 14-day judicial remand.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced the suspect, Usman, son of Muhammad Wisal, before the court after the completion of his seven-day physical remand.
The accused, who was arrested in Karachi, was subsequently sent to jail on judicial remand by the magistrate.
The court also directed the FIA to submit the challan (charge sheet) in the case at the earliest.
Other suspects arrested in connection with the alleged scam are already in jail on judicial remand.
According to the allegations, the accused were involved in serious financial irregularities in a five-year vaccine procurement contract and allegedly extended undue favours to a preferred company.
The alleged irregularities are estimated to have caused a loss of Rs2.445 billion to the national exchequer.
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