ISLAMABAD: Authorities have arrested an accused person in a financial fraud case linked to the death of a female university student in Islamabad this week, a top official of Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Sunday.
Laiba Ijaz, a gold medalist from the International Islamic University Islamabad, was found dead in the capital a day earlier. Authorities were investigating her suspected suicide and allegations that the accused, Muhammad Noman, obtained Rs9.3 million ($33,600) from the family to arrange for her studies in the United States.
FIA said late Saturday that it had completed an inquiry and registered a case against the accused, Noman and Fatima Sarwar, under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), adding that the accused had defrauded the deceased student and her family through fraudulent university admission documents.
“Muhamamd Noman, the accused…
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