Scam: TEVTA assistant manager arrested for embezzlement

The suspect had illegally transferred money in his name.

LAHORE:

A Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) assistant manager in Faisalabad has been arrested on charge of embezzling Rs4.14 million through forgery.

The embezzlement was detected after the TEVTA district manager found irregularities in salary payments during an audit, a TEVTA official told The Express Tribune.

The suspect, Muhammad Shafique, also faces charges of corruption and abuse of authority brought about in February 2012.

The district manager discovered that an inquiry report on the misuse of millions of rupees for Government College of Technology, Fasialabad, had been tampered to apparently favour a former principal.

On October 1, 2013 the district manager requested the head office to audit the report. It transpired that Shafique had illegally transferred Rs4.1 million in his name from salaries account of TEVTA and Punjab Small Industries Cooperation.

On October 10, 2013, Peoples Colony police registered a case against Shafique. He was arrested on November 12. The Anti Corruption Establishment took over the case in the first week of November. Meanwhile, the TEVTA general manager (Finance) has suspended Shafique from service and issued him a show cause notice.

“The suspect has been maligning some seniors… no recovery has been made so far,” an Anti Corruption Establishment official said.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 14^th, 2013.