Bail extended for MQM chief Altaf, 3 others in money laundering case

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What is there to be proud of? he is still a criminal being tried for money laundering and investigated for murder of his own colleague.

LONDON: London Metropolitan police has extended the bail for Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain in the ongoing money laundering investigation until October, reliable sources told Geo News on Wednesday.

Sources said that London police has decided to extend the bail of four suspects in the case – MQM chief Hussain, senior party leader Mohammad Anwar, and suspects Tariq Mir and Sarfraz Merchant – until a date in October.

The MQM chief was on bail until July 15, when he was expected to appear before the Southwerk police station.

Geo News correspondent Murtaza Ali Shah said sources confirmed that the decision was taken by the police at the last moment when bail for the suspects was expiring in a week.

The sources close to the MQM and privy to the ongoing money laundering investigation said that the suspects are now expected to appear at their assigned police stations on their respective dates in October.

It is expected that two more suspects in the investigation will also receive extensions in their bail, they said.

The sources added that police had dispatched the bail letter, which does not have any changes and includes the same bail conditions as earlier.

Meanwhile, police sources told Geo News that the decision was taken after new revelations pertaining to the money-laundering and the Imran Farooq murder cases surfaced in Pakistan. The sources said that the bail has been extended so that the new facts can be further investigated.

The sources added that after further probe the two cases are also likely to be clubbed together as one investigation.

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