Team formed to question model Ayyan

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter Published March 18, 2015

Ayyan was arrested at Benazir Bhutto airport on Saturday for allegedly attempting to smuggle $506,800 out of the country. Photo Courtesy: Ayyan Facebook official page

RAWALPINDI: The customs department on Tuesday formed a special team to question model Ayyan Ali in Adiala jail.

Ayyan was arrested at Benazir Bhutto airport on Saturday for allegedly attempting to smuggle $506,800 out of the country.

Read: No bail for Ayyan in money laundering case

The customs investigators will also approach senior officials of the commercial bank from where the foreign currency was withdrawn either by the model or someone else.

The source said initial investigation showed that the model had been frequently travelling abroad since 2009.

Also read: A room with a charpoy — Ayyan's days in Adiala jail

The investigators were facing problems in getting the call data of Ayyan’s BlackBerry and I-phone as the phones had been blocked soon after she was detained. Sims issued from Dubai were also found blocked when she was taken into custody.

Published in Dawn, March 18th, 2015

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Comments (16) Closed

Santosh Menon

Mar 18, 2015 09:46am

Fishy & Strange! 1. Can't get Data from I-Phone & Blackberry? (What about the Service Provider?). Even if the Sims are Blocked, how about Forensic Technoogy? 2. Have been Traveling Since 2009? Money Laundering! 3. Mafia at its Best! She was a Mule! 4. Rule out that she's "Naive"!

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Indeed

Mar 18, 2015 10:29am

"The investigators were facing problems in getting the call data of Ayyan’s BlackBerry and I-phone as the phones had been blocked soon after she was detained. Sims issued from Dubai were also found blocked when she was taken into custody." Now there is definitely involvement of an "organized" set-up here.

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Amer

Mar 18, 2015 10:45am

Wonder why she is being treated different than any other common criminal?

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Fawzia

Mar 18, 2015 10:47am

Quite ridiculous. The money she wanted to take overseas is peanuts compared to the money our politicians take abroad. At least she worked for her money and didn't get it through corruption

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Hyder

Mar 18, 2015 10:54am

The law enforcement need to learn that the new smart phones come with a kill switch. Next time they need an anti static pouch to store the device and can only open the device in a signal free environment

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ameer

Mar 18, 2015 11:21am

Sim blocked.. hmm that sounds really fishy...

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Mirza Mirza

Mar 18, 2015 11:21am

Seems that she's a part of a money laundering ring.

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Parvez

Mar 18, 2015 11:47am

Ayyan's ' get out of jail ' card has been activated ........no points for guessing how this turns out.

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Sakhi Ismael

Mar 18, 2015 12:22pm

Hope they get to the bottom of this. This may uncover some of the biggest dirty fish in Pakistani history. Fingers crossed.

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Mar 18, 2015 12:46pm

Main culprits should definitely be caught.

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Abdul Malik

Mar 18, 2015 01:11pm

@Fawzia How do you know she worked for the money? She claims the money was to shoot a video. Does she need USD $ 500,000.00 to shoot one video?

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Ahmed

Mar 18, 2015 01:18pm

Now we will witness how mockery will be made of rule of the land. A drama will be staged by our judicial system and soon the smuggler model will be free and on her way to Dubai

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Salih

Mar 18, 2015 01:29pm

@FAWZIA...........You don't have the exact idea. News are coming out that a bunch of 28 model were used to transfer more the 10 Billion PKR......investigation still ON.

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usman

Mar 18, 2015 01:43pm

@ABDUL MALIK yes that is how much it takes nowadays to shoot a good video. maybe your not familiar with the advert costs these days.

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Ammar

Mar 18, 2015 02:21pm

@Fawzia in fact the thinking behind your comment is absolutely ridiculous, because what she did is illegal, and if politicians do that, it doesn't make it legal. Be reasonable... :)

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Omair

Mar 19, 2015 07:02pm

@usman there are other legal ways to transfer money out of country for business reasons. Why she was using an illegal way?

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