KABUL - National Directorate of Security (NDS) ordered to transfer Khalilullah Frozi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison late last year for his part in the Kabul Bank scandal, from Bagram Prison and transferred to Shah Amanullah Hospital on the orders of the, officials said Wednesday.

In a letter issued by the NDS, orders were given to move Frozi due to health problems.

"A letter was sent by the 40th-Chairmanship (division) of the NDS where it stated that Khalil Frozi should be transferred to Shah Amanullah Hospital due to diabetes and cardiac problems in order to take care of him," said Mir Sahibgul, head of Bagram Prison.

Asked whether an investigative agency had the authority to transfer a prisoner, Sahibgul said: "Should we leave a sick prisoner to die and not transfer him?"

Frozi was also recently embroiled in the controversial signing of the Smart City housing project. One of President Ashraf Ghani's special representative, Ahmad Zia Massoud, was also allegedly present at the signing. But Massoud's legal advisor said in questions over this that Massoud had been unaware of any problems with regards to the deal.

But the legal advisor for the Ministry of Urban Development Affairs (MUDA) – one of the main bodies that is said to have played a key role in the deal – said there had been a problem with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which has since been sent to the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

The AGO meanwhile has denied receiving such a letter by MUDA. "We have not received any letter and we do not want to say anything in this regard," said Arif Noori, head of AGO's public security attorney directorate.

Meanwhile, Zalmai Zabuli head of the complaints commission at Meshrano Jirga (the Senate house) said: "If the president [Ashraf Ghani] really wants to overcome the issue, he should have implemented the law on Ahmad Zia Massoud, the MUDA minister and others."

Reports say that a fact finding team has started work on the 'Smart City' deal. (Tolonews)