In a bizarre Hollywood movie-style development, Property Tycoon Nadeem Ijaz escaped police custody with his armed men when the court rejected his bail in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.
The accused was on interim bail till 30 November, reports Dawn.
Armed men in a four-wheel car stopped the police vehicle outside the court building in Rawalpindi. Nadeem escaped custody with the assistance of his armed men and ran off.
Earlier, a case was registered against Ijaz and Saad Nazir by Shahzad Mehmood, a senior official of Metropolitan Directorate Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) with Chontra police station.
In the First Investigation Report (FIR), it stated that the owners of the private housing society were developing the society on illegal land without getting the approval of RDA.
However, Nadeem Ijaz got an interim bail from the court which ended on November 30.
The City Police Officer (CPO), Athar Ismail have instructed Superdent Poice (SP) Saddar Kamran to arrest the culprit and accomplices within 24 hours.
