NAB investigation officer in RPP case found dead

A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigator who was part of the team that found the prime minister and 15 others guilty in the rental power projects case was found dead in his apartment in Federal Lodges.

Kamran Faisal, an investigation officer in the RPPs corruption case and whose team prepared a report that made the Supreme Court order the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and 15 others, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the room.

The NAB official was part of Investigation Officer Asghar Khan’s team that is probing into the mega corruption scandal related to rental power projects, which also involves Prime Minister Ashraf.

The RPPs case involves nine firms accused of receiving more than Rs 22 billion as mobilisation advance from the Government of Pakistan to commission their projects, but most of them did not set up the plants and a few set them up after inordinate delays.

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is accused of receiving kickbacks in the project as then minister of water and power and the SC had ordered NAB to arrest him just two days ago.

Police said the real cause of the death would be ascertained after post mortem, however, reports said circumstantial evidence suggested Faisal committed suicide.

“The deceased probably used a chair and a table to reach the fan, as we found a chair having fallen down near the table below the ceiling fan,” a police official who visited the apartment said.

Reports said that Faisal had been facing extreme pressure and stress and did not want to remain part of the investigation team to further the probe into the RPPs corruption case. He had also submitted a written request to the NAB DG for relieving him from the case.

On Friday noon, NAB Sub-Inspector Mumtaz Ali telephoned the Secretariat Police Station and informed them that one of the NAB investigators had committed suicide at Federal Lodges, the sources said. They said the question that arose was that how come the SI came to know about the suicide.

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