GUJRAT: The Punjab government has transferred Kharian tehsildar Sultan Ahmed, who has also been the sub-registrar in that tehsil, due to the registration of a corruption case against him at the Kharian accounts office in September 2014.

The official has been asked to relinquish the charge forthwith and report to the Punjab Board of Revenue while a detailed report of the case has been sought from the Gujrat DCO within three days.

The financial scam, mainly involving Kharian deputy accounts officer Ghulam Shabeer Turabi, had occurred last year when stamp papers, cash and other valuables worth Rs13.8 million had been found missing from the record room of the Kharian accounts office.

The case was lodged with the Kharian Saddar police on the report of the district accounts officer against the main accused Turabi while tehsildar Sultan Ahmed was also nominated under Section 409 of the PPC for being the sub-treasury officer of the tehsil accounts office in his capacity as tehsildar.

Sources in the revenue department said the revenue staff had resented the orders of provincial authorities against an official, who according to them, had never been involved in the case and was booked only for being the tehsildar.

Published in Dawn, June 12th, 2015

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