PESHAWAR: Former inspector general of police (IGP), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malik Naveed, who is accused of corruption in a weapon scam case, was remanded to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for nine more days by a local accountability court, DawnNews reported.
The former inspector general was brought to the court premises today in an armoured personnel carrier under strict security as his 10-day-long remand was coming to an end.
The accountability court's judge Wilayat Ali Shah Gandapur heard the case.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) also produced a report on the scam in the court today. The report revealed that the cost of each bullet-proof jacket procured was shown as Rs55,000 instead of the actual Rs44,000.
It moreover added that there was a misappropriation of approximately Rs22 crore.
The NAB report was represented by Lajbar Khan whereas Barrister Zahoor was the counsel for Naveed.
On Dec 4, the court had ordered a 10-day remand for Naveed who was arrested by the NAB on Nov 20 on charges of receiving kickbacks in the multi-billion rupees procurement of weapons, equipment and vehicles for the provincial police department.
An earlier NAB release had said that the inquiry committee, after a probe, had found that gross violation of procurement rules were committed by the purchase committee in awarding tenders to favoured contractors who had no previous experience of supplying weapons and security equipment.