Police recover iron worth millions of rupees from their possession. PHOTO: INP/FILE
They also recovered dozens of tons of iron from a warehouse on their indication.
Taking notice of a report lodged by BRT Project Manager Azhar Iqbal at Hayatabad Police Station, SP Cantt constituted a special team under supervision of SP Hayatabad Nazmul Hasnain to nab the culprits involved in theft.
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The police team, during investigation, arrested BRT employee Sarfaraz, contractor Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Shehbaz and Juma Khan.
Police also arrested iron purchaser Ataullah and recovering iron worth millions of rupees from his possession.
Further investigation into the incident is underway.
The provincial government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has been accused of massive mismanagement after failing to complete the project in time and missing deadlines on multiple occasions. The PTI government, now in its second term in power, is also accused of nepotism, favouritism and bias in the controversial project ever since its inception 2017.
BRT report uncovers Rs7b in kickbacks
Last month, the provincial inspection team, formed to probe irregularities in the project, submitted a detailed report with an estimate that ‘some people’ received kickbacks totalling around Rs7 billion. Officials say the project was launched without any proper planning, blaming this for the repeated changes in the road construction plan.
The team found that the route was constructed without feasibility, geotechnical, sewerage, traffic and water supply studies, among other reports, being undertaken before construction of the route.
The route, according to officials privy to the report, has eaten away at an average of 40 per cent of available roadways on either side of the entire BRT route from its starting point to the end point.
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