Two arrested for human trafficking
The arrested involves a govt official allegedly caught receiving bribe.
LAHORE:
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab on Saturday arrested two men on charges of corruption and human trafficking, including a government official allegedly caught receiving a bribe.
An FIA raiding team in Multan caught Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) lines superintendent Wasim Iqbal reportedly in the act of getting a bribe from a petrol pump owner, Elahi Bux.
Bux had tipped off the FIA team about Iqbal’s arrival to collect the bribe. A private travel and tour agency’s owner, Gulzar Ahmed, was arrested in Hafizabad on charges of human trafficking.
FIA officials said they had siezed 14 passports from Ahmed.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2011.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab on Saturday arrested two men on charges of corruption and human trafficking, including a government official allegedly caught receiving a bribe.
An FIA raiding team in Multan caught Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) lines superintendent Wasim Iqbal reportedly in the act of getting a bribe from a petrol pump owner, Elahi Bux.
Bux had tipped off the FIA team about Iqbal’s arrival to collect the bribe. A private travel and tour agency’s owner, Gulzar Ahmed, was arrested in Hafizabad on charges of human trafficking.
FIA officials said they had siezed 14 passports from Ahmed.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2011.