RPPs case investigator found dead
19 January, 2013
ISLAMABAD: A case officer in the rental power projects (RPPs) corruption scandal, which involve Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, was found dead on Friday in Islamabad, officials said.
Officials said the officer, Kamran Faisal, was found dead in the Federal Lodges where he lived with other colleagues from NAB. "He was found dead in his room. He is suspected to have committed suicide. Police have taken the body. A post-mortem is being carried out," a NAB spokesman told AFP.
"He was a case officer, an investigations officer in the prime minister's case. We will share further details when we get them," the spokesman added. Islamabad police chief Bani Amin confirmed that the body had been found. "We are investigating from different angles... We will establish an opinion after the autopsy," he said.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday demanded Raja's arrest in the long-running rental power plants case, but anti-corruption watchdog NAB told the chief justice on Thursday that it did not yet have enough evidence. The NAB officer was assisting Investigation Officer Asghar Khan in the mega corruption scandal related to rental power projects.
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