PESHAWAR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Monday arrested a divisional forest officer posted at Kohistan, Tariq Khan, on charges of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The suspect will be produced before an accountability court on Tuesday (today) by NAB for getting his physical custody.

The NAB alleges that the suspect, who is presently in BPS-18, has made illegal assets worth millions of rupees.

According to a press release, NAB received a complaint wherein it was mentioned that Tariq Khan serving as DFO Kohistan accumulated huge assets in different areas of Peshawar district including houses, plots, heavy investment in different schemes and huge transactions made through his and his family members bank accounts.

Taking cognisance of the complaint, NAB director general authorised an inquiry into the matter. During the inquiry, it was revealed that Tariq Khan accumulated illegally a bungalow on University Road Peshawar; a one kanal and 13 marlas agricultural land on Warsak Road Peshawar; two kanals and 18 marlas plot in Tehkal Payan, Peshawar; three kanals land in Mardan and four marlas flat situated at Tehkal Payan, Peshawar.

The press release said that the suspect had unexplained cash transactions through his and his wife bank accounts to the tune of Rs29.57 million. Also, an unexplained transaction of US $1.10 million has been uncovered in his wife’s bank account.

Published in Dawn, April 21st, 2015

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