Corruption: TMA worker caught stealing fuel

Obaidur Rehman and four accomplices were caught with 200 litres of diesel oil and five manhole covers

BAHAWALPUR:  

A Tehsil Municipal Authority (TMA) worker and his accomplices suspected of stealing diesel fuel and manhole covers on Saturday evaded arrested in a raid prompted by a citizen’s complaint. A spokesman for the TMO told newsmen that a citizen had reported that some TMA workers had stopped work on sewerage lines in his neighbourhood, saying diesel oil was needed to run generators. He said the citizen suspected that the men were stealing the fuel and manhole covers from the area. He said a team had been formed to investigate the complaint. He said the team had caught TMA worker Obaidur Rehman and four accomplices with 200 litres of diesel oil and five manhole covers. He said Rehman had been arrested but his accomplices managed to flee. He said Rehman had been handed over to the police and a team had been formed to apprehend his accomplices.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 26^th, 2016.