Six rounded up for embezzling free flour

Administration recovers 800 bags of free wheat flour meant for needy

PESHAWAR:

The Peshawar district administration on Tuesday took quick action on the complaint of Takhtbhai Assistant Commissioner Gul Nawaz Afridi and apprehended six flour dealers as well as recovered 800 bags of government wheat flour meant for the needy from their possession.

Takhtbhai AC received several complaints from the people of Arbi Killay and other areas that their share of free wheat flour had been withdrawn by other people from Peshawar through forged CNIC numbers.

On receiving the complaint, Mardan Deputy Commissioner Captain (retd) Abdur Rehman and the focal persons for free wheat flour distribution contacted the Peshawar district administration officials and apprised them of the scam.

The team of the Peshawar district administration headed by the assistant commissioner conducted raids and arrested six flour dealers identified as Usman Khan, Faizan, Mudassir, Wali Khan, Bilal and Jalal and recovered 800 bags of free wheat flour illegally procured by them.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 12^th, 2023.