The provincial anti-corruption department has launched inquiry about the allegations of massive embezzlement in Ramazan Bachat Bazar in Lahore.

The officials of the anti-corruption department have claimed that the department has found evidence about the payment of Rs380 million with bogus bills in the case of shopping for Ramazan Bachat bazaar and the anti-corruption department has initiated probe into the matter.

The department will investigate about the Ramazan Bazaars in 2017 and 2018 with regard to all the purchasing including tents, air coolers and other stuff, across the city. Eight Town Municipal Officers (TMOs) of the Local Government Department along with the contractors have been summoned for questioning by the anti-corruption department, sources said.

The Anti-corruption department has written a letter to the Local Government Department to summon the officers.