ACE arrests suspect from courtroom in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Wednesday arrested Sohail Maqbool a former tehsildar of Rawalpindi Settlement who was terminated from service for illegally tampering with lands record so as to transfer the property of a landowner.



According to ACE Rawalpindi Region Director Arif Raheem, the accused allegedly involved in fraudently transferring the inherited land of a complainant Mirza Mohammad.

Raheem informed that ACE Circle Officer Asghar Chindia arrested Sohail Maqbool from the courtroom after dismissal of pre-arrest bail. Justice Ibadur Rehman Lodhi during last hearing observed that the notorious tehsildar has been escaping from the cases by misusing pre-arrest bails.



An FIR was registered with Anti-Corruption Police Station on the complaint of Mirza in May against Maqbool, Gardawar Qazi Sajjad and Patwari Ilyas and landlords were Fazal Inam Sabirand Fazal Arshad.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 9^th, 2018.