NAB arrests official from Mardan

RECORDER REPORT

PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested accused Hazrat Sher, an official of Settlement Department, Mardan, who in connivance with officials of Revenue Department Mardan and other accused persons allegedly involved in fake allotment of 162 Kanal state land valuing Rs 16.2 million in District Mardan.

The accused got state land transferred in the name of one Said Akbar Shah through fake mutations and sold the same to various persons. DG NAB (KP) has already ordered to freeze properties involved in the subject case. The accused persons despite repeated summons didn’t join investigations and thus one of the main accused was arrested on Monday from the office of Additional District Commissioner, Mardan by NAB (KP) team.