RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has initiated an inquiry in mega scam of over-billing 40 million extra units against 25,000 consumers, which amounts to Rs240 million and thereby illegally over-burdened the down trodden strata of society in order to conceal the misdeeds of PESCO officials of Hazara.

The bureau taking cognizance of the complaints received at this bureau alleging therein over billing to consumers, authorized an inquiry.

During the course of inquiry, it was revealed that the officials of PESCO in Hazara I and Hazara II circles, in connivance with each other, charged fake, fabricated, maneuvered and exaggerated units into official records against the consumers/general public conversely to the original meter reading.