Police nab over 20 for illegal deductions from Ehsaas Cash Programme

At least 17 arrested in Dadu, six in Badin, following complaints by beneficiaries

KARACHI: The police claimed on Saturday to have arrested over 20 persons from across Sindh for illegally deducting money from the amounts under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme, and seized cash from their possession.

According to the police, the arrests were made after they received complaints by several beneficiaries of the programme.

In Dadu, at least nine persons, including a woman identified as Sapna Mallah and her accomplice Riaz Mallah, were arrested from the limits of A-Section police station. The police said that five computerised national identity cards and Rs25,500 were seized from the possession of the arrested persons.

Separately, Dadu police arrested five persons, identified as Abdul Jabbar Samoon, Musharraf Ali Samoon, Sarfaraz Ali Panhwar, Hafeezur Rehman Panhwar and Zaheer Abbas Panhwar, in the limits of Mehar police station.



Moreover, a suspect identified as Insaf Shah was nabbed for the offence in the limits of the Kakar police, after a woman lodged a complaint, while Dadu police also arrested another two suspects, Muhammad Hussain Jatoi and Ayaz Kalhoro, for the offence.

In Badin, too, 16 complaints by defrauded beneficiaries were lodged at various police stations, including Kario Ghanwar, Matli, Kadhan, Khoski and Badin police stations. Following this, five cases were registered and six persons were arrested, a Badin police spokesperson told The Express Tribune.