Anti Corruption Establishment arrest a number of officers of Irrigation Department

Lahore : Anti Corruption Establishment Punjab has arrested a number of officers of Irrigation Department on charges of corruption worth million of rupees. Superintending Engineer Latafat Qaseen and SDO Abdul Razzaq were arrested from Lahore while XEN Hakim Ali and Sub Engineer Suhail Anwar from Sheikhupura. Raids are being conducted for the arrest of SDO Riaz Shah and Baildar Gulzar and Rafiq and other beneficiaries.

According to the details, Circle Officer Anti Corruption Headquarters, Syed Zubair Akhlaq arrested Superintending Engineer of Irrigation Department Latafat Qaseen and SDO Abdul Razzaq found guilty of bogus payment worth Rs. 180 million in Mechanical Workshop Mughalpura Lahore.

XEN Irrigation AbidHussainZaidi has already been arrested in the said case. Assistant Director Anti Corruption Sheikhupura Ch. Maqbool Ahmed arrested XEN Irrigation Hakim Ali and Sub Engineer SohailAnwer who found guilty for selling mud to contractors from Qadir Abad, Balloki link canal illegally.

A local resident of Khokhar Town Sheikhupura Nasir  Mehmood lodged a complaint in this regard and inquiry was conducted by ACE Sheikhupura. Technical Wing of Regional Directorate of Anti Corruption also conducted inquiry and Assistant Director Technical Hamid Sattar in established a loss of Rs. 1.6 million to government exchequer.

Anti Corruption is conducting raids to arrest SDO Riaz Shah, Baildar Rafiq and Gulzar and other beneficiaries involved in the case.