Ex-cricketer Ijaz Ahmed arrested in Rs.10-million scam

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Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 05:48 PM PST Ijaz Ahmed being taken away by the police —AP LAHORE: Former Pakistan batsman and former member of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s national selection committee, Ijaz Ahmed was arrested in Lahore on Thursday.
Police officials at the Gulberg police said two property dealers had filed a complaint against Ijaz, 40, for issuing them cheques that had bounced.
The value of the cheques is put at 11 million rupees.
‘They have filed a forgery case against Ijaz who is under arrest now,’ police official Rana Jabbar said.
‘We have arrested him today,’ Jabbar told The Associated Press. ‘Ijaz had got bail from the court, but it expired Thursday and we arrested him.’
Pakistan’s former test captain Salim Malik, the brother-in-law of Ahmed, denied that his relative had committed any wrongdoing.
‘The truth is that these property dealers owe money to Ijaz and they have registered a false case against him,’ Malik said."