Chitral: Three officials arrested on corruption charges

By Gul Hamaad Farooqi

Chitral, July 8:  Requests for extension of Bail Before Arrest (BBA) of three officials of the Communication and Works (C&W) Department in Chitral were rejected by a court today and they were sent to jail.

According to Inspector Afar  Ahmad, in-charge of Anti Corruption police Chitral that had lodged FIR on corrupt officials and contractors of C&W in embezzlement case, the officials had earlier received BBA from a court. Abdul Salam Divisional Account Officer, Sub Engineer Abdul Jalil and Sub Engineer Muhammad Khan had got BBA from local court and they were  produced in Court today for extension of their BBA but the learned additional  Session Judge Mr. Jamal Khan rejected their plea and cancelled their bails. They were arrested by local police and were sent to jail for further investigation.

It is pertinent to mention here that Anti corruption police had arrested Superintendent Engineer retired Syed Jalaluddin Jan, Executive Engineers Nazir Ahmad, Fazal Khaliq,  Fazal Mabood Sub Engineer, Hafizul Asad Sub Engineer, Qazafi contractor, Ghulam Jail Sub Engineer,  Raham Badshah Account Officer, Habibur Rehman Contractor, and Abdul Muzafar Khan contractor in corruption case and were sent to jail.