Bribery: Patwari, clerk arrested

The patwari and his clerk were caught receiving money from Mustafa.

GUJRANWALA: A patwari and a clerk were arrested for taking a Rs200,000 bribe from a citizen for demarcating his land here on Tuesday. Raza-i-Mustafa, a resident of Ratta Road, had submitted an application with the Anti-Corruption Establishment that Patwari Malik Arshad was demanding a Rs500,000 bribe from him for demarcation of his 68 kanals. On Tuesday, an ACE team raided the patwari’s office and arrested him and clerk Waheed while receiving money from Mustafa.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 24^th, 2013.