ISLAMABAD:The Accountability Court of Islamabad on Thursday sent former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry to the Adiala Jail on judicial remand in the Jhelum development projects embezzlement case.
AC Judge Muhammad Bashir heard the case.
Defence counsel Amir Abbas pleaded that Fawad Chaudhry, being a former minister and lawyer, deserved to be placed in the B class of the jail.
The court accepted the request for allotting B class to Fawad Chaudhry, saying that he would write to the jail authorities in that regard.
During the hearing, Fawad Chadhry filed a plea for bail. The court issued notices on the bail plea and adjourned the hearing till February 1.