Nine cops suspended for robbing conman

SIU team forced illegal call centre operator to transfer $90,500 to an account in South Africa.

KARACHI:

Sindh police Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) and Special Investigation Unit (SIU) have started investigation against a police party, involved in conducting illegal raid and looting $90,500 (over Rs25m) from a citizen who defrauded foreigners through a dubious call centre in Scheme 33.

According to the police, on the night of July 9, an SIU police party conducted an unauthorised raid at the call centre run by a person so far identified only as Ali in KDA Scheme 33 area.

The cops forced Ali to electronically transfer $90,500 to an account in South Africa, then they used their own links to channel it back to Pakistan via the illegal hawala-hundi process.

Ali, was accused of defrauding foreigners of millions of rupees through fake promotion schemes from his call centre, the CIA got the whiff of the game he was running, but, instead of arresting him and brining him to the book, they simply robbed him of his loot.

According to CIA sources, the police party was headed by DSP Shabbir Awan and SHO SIU Akhtar. After an internal inquiry, DIG CIA, Makkadus Haider and SSP SIU, Adeel Chandio have started an investigation against the police party and suspended nine officials including DSP SIU, Shabbir Awan. SHO SIU Akhtar is absconding. He is not found either in office or at home.

The entire police party, involved in the illegal raid, is absconding from their respective offices. CIA sources have said that top police officers have decided to register a case and arrest the police party involved in illegal raids and extorting money from the fraudster.