Officers who approved Nasla Tower construction booked, say police

Police teams visit offices of SBCA, Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society for investigation

KARACHI:

Police officials said on Monday that a case has been registered against the government officers who approved the building plans of Karachi’s Nasla Tower.

Express News reported that the FIR registered at Ferozabad police station nominated officers of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society (SCHS), and other relevant departments.

According to police, they have asked for names of the culprits from the SBCA and the SMCHS and a police team also visited the former's offices in this regard.

SSP Investigation East also confirmed this. He said police have started an investigation in the case after the registration of the FIR.

He added that police teams visited the offices of the SBCA and SCHS and asked for the names of the officers who approved the building plan.

Read No more commercial activities on military land, SC told

The registration of the case came a day after the Supreme Court ordered the police to file a case against those who approved the building plan of the multi-storey residential building.

During a hearing on December 27, the SC bench said a departmental action must be initiated against the responsible officers along with the registration of criminal cases against them by the anti-corruption department.

The police officers involved in the case also needed to be prosecuted, the SC bench had said. It had directed the DIG East to submit the report on the proceedings against the said officers at the next hearing.

The court had also ordered the anti-corruption department to book the director-general of the SBCA on corruption charges. As per a report submitted to the court, it had said the SCBA DG asked for bribes from the contractor.

The court ordered the anti-corruption DG to start an investigation and submit a report to the court.