National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday arrested Rehmat Ullah Teller/Cashier of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) Serai Naurang Branch, Lakki Marwat for alleged involved in embezzlement/fraud of Rs.202 million against fake passbook and fictitious transactions.
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited advanced loans to landholders who have cultivable land while loans on un-cultivable and Shamelat land were not allowed as per law. In the instant case the accused persons in connivance with each other has sanctioned and disbursed loans to landless farmers and persons and they were shown as shareholders in Shamelat Land of Serai Naurang, Lakki Marwat.
During the course of inquiry, it was revealed that the accused persons in connivance with each other lured innocent people on the pretext of Benazir Income Support Programme and got their photographs, copy of CNIC and thumb impression fraudulently on the loan case files of ZTBL.
They were paid Rs 5000 to Rs 20,000 while illegally and fraudulently sanctioned millions of rupees of agriculture loan. It is pertinent to mention here that during the course of interrogation the so-called borrowers/beneficiaries of the case had denied receiving any agriculture loan and instead stated that they were paid the Banazir Income Support Progrmme assistance. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter of the bureau had already arrested Khushdil Khan Manager/AVP, Binyamin Khan MCO/OG-I, Zari Gul MCO/OG-II, Sajjad Mehmood MCO/OG-I and Muhammad Fayaz Teller/Sr Assistant of Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) Serai Naurang Branch, Lakki Marwat in the instant case.
The bureau is actively pursuing the investigation and role of those who are involved in this case is also expected to be unearthed. The accused person will be presented in the Accountability Court for obtaining his physical remand.
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