14 accused acquitted

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - An anti-corruption court on Friday acquitted 14 persons namely Muhammad Ali, Shaukat Ali Shoaib Sardar, Kashif Iqbal, Imran Shah, Sajawal Ashraf and Gulfam Rasool and others in fraudulent case of withdrawal of money under various adjustments headed by the officials of district police and patrolling police in Accountant General Office Punjab till June 25. As per details, the fraudulent case was registered against Uzair Asghar on the application of one Khalid Farooq (Account Office AG Office Punjab), that accused being private person had shown himself as sub-inspector of police and three payments of Rs 15232042 were allegedly transferred to his account. After Khalid Farooqs arrest, 13 other accused were nominated during the investigation and these were Shaukat Ali, Tajammal Hussain, Muhammad Ali, Shoaib Sardar, Mahmood Ahmad, Kashif Iqbal, Imran Shah, Sajawal Ashraf, Gulfam Rasool Khan, Muhammad Adnan, Sajjad Ashraf and Muhammad Ahmad who with the help of Robinson Paul (Assistant Account Officer and Pay Roll Processing Officer) had allegedly received heavy amounts. Accused Muhammad Ahmad (a private person) was shown as sub-inspector of police department and a payment of Rs 15232042 was transferred to his account. Accused Ghulam Rasool Khan (constable) was shown as Assistant sub-inspector of police department and an amount of Rs 520,182 was transferred to his account. Shakeel and Waseem by showing themselves as officials of Highway Patrolling Police were receiving salaries for the last one and an half month. The accused had allegedly received Rs 21,456,988 rupees fraudulently from AG Office through their accounts. But on Friday the court after going through the detailed arguments acquitted the accused persons and declared them as innocent. Meanwhile, an accountability court on Friday adjourned the hearing of a reference filed against ex-MPA Mian Rasheed till June 30. The court had recorded the partially final argument from the defence counsel, as it would record further and remaining arguments on the next hearing. The reference was filed against Mian Rasheed on the charges of making illegal assets as MPA.

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