KARACHI: Iqbal Bablani, a former Sindh Secretary Transport was taken into custody by NAB officials while he was fleeing the SHC premises.

Earlier a bench of Sindh High Court comprising Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh and Justice Karim Khan Agha rejected a bail application for pre-arrest interim bail filed by Bablani, accused of swindling rupees 20 million.

As soon as he emerged out of main gate of the SHC, he was surrounded and taken into a vehicle by NAB officials, eye witnesses said.