Anti-corruption Establishment recovers Rs7.1m from accused

Official says one of the accused has purchased property with looted money

MULTAN: Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Multan Region has recovered Rs7.1 million cash in Punjab Constabulary embezzlement case, said ACE Regional Director Amjad Shoaib Tareen while addressing a press conference at his office on Tuesday.

He said that ACE held investigation in embezzlement of Rs230 million in Punjab Constabulary.



He added that ACE Assistant Director Jalil Imran Alezai recovered looted money from the house of a man accused in the case. The anti-corruption special magistrate had rejected application of bail before arrest of district accounts officer Bashir Ahmed, senior auditors Mudasir Dareshak and Tahir Abbas Bukhari, key punch operator Shakeel Ahmed, assistant accounts officer Qamar Magsi and peon Sajad Patafi.

During physical remand, the ACE team seized Rs4.8 million from the house of accused Shakeel, he said.



The official pointed out the accused had purchased property from the looted amount which was under investigation, the ACE official said.

He maintained that 11 accused were arrested and Rs2.3 million was confiscated from them. Amjad Shoaib said that summons were issued to three deputy commandants of Punjab Constabulary for forensic test of their signatures.

The official said that after report of the forensic test their role would be disclosed in the embezzlement case.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 27^th, 2017.