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SAHIWAL, Dec 6: Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Thursday arrested an assistant food controller for appropriation of wheat worth Rs1.6 million.
AFC Muhammad Ismail and his three accomplices, food inspectors Manzoor Husain, Azhar Husain and Iftikhar Ahmad, took away wheat while working at the Kassowal Wheat Purchase Centre.
ACE had already arrested the inspectors while Ismail escaped from the court of special judge on hearing the cancellation of his pre-arrest bail three weeks ago.
He was arrested by the court from the district court premises.
The court had recovered Rs1.4 million from the culprits while they were searching for 1,163 wheat bags of 100kg each.
Meanwhile, Sahiwal Civil Lines Police arrested Lahore traffic police head-constable Muhammad Boota for supply of fake arms licences.
Earlier, he was arrested on June 13 but he escaped and managed his pre-arrest bail from the court of an additional district and sessions judge.
The court on Thursday cancelled his pre-arrest bail and police arrested him and sent him to the local Central Jail on a 14-day judicial remand.
CASE: City police on Thursday registered a case against 40 people of two rival groups who exchanged firing over possession of a wagon stand on Dec 5.
Supporters of the PML(Q) and PPP(Aulakh group) had a clash on Wednesday and the two groups resorted to indiscriminate firing, leaving stand manager injured.
Cases had been registered against 40 people, including Muhammad Mansha Jatt, Naseer Ahmad Jatt and Naeem Arshad Aulakh, under sections 148, 149, 337-H PPC and 11-B of Arms Act.
As many as 14 people were arrested by police.
