LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab claimed on Friday to have sealed 345 petrol pumps working illegally across Punjab during the month of October, 2020. Out of the total 635, the ACE sealed 345 petrol pumps for not having No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) issued from the deputy commissioner (DC) office or "K-form" by the provincial explosive department, said the ACE's monthly performance report for the month of October.
"During the routine checking of fuel stations, 126 fuel stations out of 248 were found to be involved in less measurement or over charging. Subsequently, a collective fine of Rs 359,500 was imposed to the owners of such fuel stations. The data showed that 50.81 percent of the total petrol pumps checked were manipulating the measurements," the report says.
The report states that the ACE conducted 26 trap raids during the last month and as many as 227 accused persons were arrested while 115 'challans' were submitted. As many as 198 new corruption cases were registered and 508 enquiries were disposed of by the ACE offices. A total number of 647 complaints were received through Report Corruption App from which 377 were disposed of by the ACE by the end of last month, it concluded.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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