Ticket remittances: Railway official accused of Rs2.5m scam

As a part of inquiry, raids were conducted at the office and the residence of Pakistan Railways commercial supervisor.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Railways Karachi division detected a scam worth Rs2.5 million in remittance of tickets at the Karachi Cantt station on Tuesday. As part of the inquiry, raids were conducted at the office and the residence of Pakistan Railways commercial supervisor Kaiser Abbas Zaidi — believed to be involved in the scam. No arrest was made, however, an FIR has been registered against him at the Cantt railway station. Moreover, a divisional officers committee has been constituted to probe the matter. “We have to recover the money and arrest those involved in the scam,” said Pakistan Railways divisional commercial officer Muhammad Shoaib Adil, after he conducted the raid at the office. He said that they received a tip-off about irregularities at the Cantt station and upon inquiry it was found Rs2.5 million were short in the remittance of tickets. “The police raided his residence but he managed to flee,” said Adil. “He is involved in the scam otherwise he would not have fled.”

Published in The Express Tribune, October 23^rd, 2013.