LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected the bail plea of member Punjab Assembly and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Q Moonis Elahi in NICL corruption case, Geo News reported on Thursday.

After hearing of the case here at LHC, Moonis Elahi left for home in his car.

Meanwhile, FIA officials said that Monis Elahi has been allowed some time and that he will be arrested later from his home.

Earlier, Additional DG FIA Zaffar Qureshi told the court that FIA will be getting Rs320 million back from Moonis in NICL corruption case. He said the NICL case is about the selling of land at Rs1.6 billion whose actual worth was estimated at Rs560.

He said that Moonis Elahi’s involvement in the fraud has been proved.

On the other hand, the S.M. Zafar, the counsel of Monis Elahi stated that there was an ill intention behind what he said dragging of his client into the case, adding that Zaffar Qureshi has a personal grudge against Moonis Elahi.

After listening to the arguments from both sides, the court dismissed the bail petition of Monis Elahi.

Activists of PML-Q raised slogans in favor of their leader after coming out of the court.