RAWALPINDI (Web Desk) – A banking court on Tuesday extended judicial remand of model Ayyan Ali till May 8 over charges of currency smuggling.
Ayyan Ali was produced before the judge of banking court due to non-availability of a customs court judge. In today’s hearing, Judge Sabir Sultan extended her judicial remand till May 8.
A charge-sheet was presented in the court last week which declared the model as prime accused in currency-smuggling case.
During Tuesday’s hearing, Ayyan’s lawyer objected that the presented charge-sheet pertaining to her case was incomplete, whereby a complete map of the crime scene was not provided.
Customs officials however, ascertained that a map was not provided by their department and that according to their procedures, the charge-sheet was complete.
It was therefore decided that Ayyan’s judicial remand would be extended to May 8.
On April 25, investigators probing money laundering charges against the supermodel included two new suspects for interrogation in the interim charge-sheet.
The co-accused were identified as Dubai-based businessman Muhammad Awais and property dealer Mumtaz. They have yet to be arrested but efforts are being made to bring them to Pakistan, the investigators said.
Custom officials arrested Ayyan from Islamabad airport on March 14 allegedly for money laundering. The model was caught with $500,000 which she was allegedly smuggling to Dubai. As a result, she was sent on a 14-day judicial remand to Adiala jail.
