Officers to face reference

Reference filed for embezzlement of public wheat, causing damage to national exchequer

QUETTA:

The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Balochistan chapter on Tuesday filed a reference against the provincial food department officers for embezzling wheat worth millions of rupees.      

According to a handout issued by the anti-graft watchdog, the reference was filed against provincial reserve centre in-charge, Assistant Food Controller Najeebullah and Food Grain Supervisor Osta Mohammad Umaid Ali for the embezzlement of public wheat and causing damage to the national exchequer.             

"The ongoing investigations have revealed that in their capacity as the PRC in-charge, the accused persons received thousands of bags of wheat,” a NAB spokesperson said, adding that the suspect misappropriated the bags of wheat from the stock and embezzled millions of rupees worth of money. During the probe, the suspects were unable to provide a satisfactory response to NAB’s investigation team.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, February 9^th, 2022.