The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday has reserved verdict over model Ayyan Ali’s petition seeking bail in money laundering case.
The counsel for the Customs Department said that jail is safe for Ali at this time as her father has also been shot earlier. Justice Maqbool Bajwa held hearing of the case while counsel for the defense, Sardar Ishaq Advocate maintained that the Customs authorities have completed their investigation into the matter and termed his client a mere tool in committing the crime.
He said that when a woman charged with murder could get bail then his unmarried 22-year-old client must also be granted bail.
While talking to the media after the hearing, Customs counsel Farhat Nawaz Lodhi said that Ali’s two mobile phones have not been decoded yet. He said that she could not provide a reliable reason for possessing that much foreign currency. Lodhi said that Ali’s brother has provided the authorities few documents which would be analyzed soon.
He said that to transport foreign currency is termed smuggling and it could cost Ali at least Rs 50 crore for trying to smuggle Rs 5 crore.
