Forest officer held over bribery

Anti-corruption department caught a block officer of forest department red-handed while accepting Rs5,000 as bribe from a citizen. Department officials said Abdul Latif used to take bribe from a citizen named Wazir Ahmad every month in his office. Wazir filed an application with the anti-corruption department for taking action against the official Cash was recovered on the spot and a case registered against the accused.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 2^nd, 2020.