LAHORE: Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has arrested 10 food officers and officials over corruption charges in mega wheat scandal. Flour mill owners committed big corruption in Ramzan package by selling wheat which was given them for providing flour to common man on subsidized rates. But they sold all wheat in open market and grasped millions of rupees.
ACE inquiry also fixed responsibility of this corruption on 155 officials of food department. FIRs against all of them have been registered and process of their arrest has been started in entire Punjab.
Ten officials of food department including assistant food controller and inspectors have been arrested and struggle to arrest remaining accused is still going on. ACE Punjab DG Muhammad Gohar Nafees has directed all regional officers to adopt zero tolerance policy against corrupt elements and to arrest them at any cost.
Meanwhile, ACE's 335 patrol pumps in entire Punjab have been sealed during crackdown against petrol pumps on less measurement and imposed fine of Rs.3.7 million.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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