LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 24: The Naurang Tehsil Municipal Administration suffered huge loss and embarrassment as fraudsters drew an amount of Rs1,882,945 from its account through fake cheques, sources said.

“It shows extreme negligence by officials concerned and state of affairs at Naurang TMA,” they added. They said that the amount had been drawn from the account of TMA at Naurang branch of United Bank Limited through eight cheques on different occasions. “About 10 cheques were missing from the office and eight of them have now been cashed from the bank,” sources said.

They said that cheque No. 1269079 of Rs100,000 was cashed on dated Oct 11, 2010, cheque No. 7852107 of Rs193,500 Oct 14, cheque No. 7852111 of Rs520,000 on Nov 1, cheque No. 1269077 Rs29,500 on Nov 2, cheque No. 7852110 of Rs270,500 on Nov 4, cheque No. 7852113 of Rs239,300 on Nov 8, cheque No. 7852114 of Rs173,000 on Nov 10 and cheque No. 7852117 of Rs357,145 was cashed from the bank on Nov 15, 2010.The tehsil municipal officer told police that the cheques got cashed from the bank were carrying his and the accountant's fake signatures. “The accountant is responsible to keep the cheque book and accounts related documents in his custody,” he told police.

On the other hand the accountant told journalists that he had requested the tehsil municipal officer time and again to depute a peon and watchman at his office and repair the broken locker but no action was taken in this regard. Police have registered a case in the daily diary and started investigation.

WATAN CARDS: The Jamaat-i-Islami has threatened to launch protest against non-issuance of Watan Cards to the flood-affected people of Wanda Akhundan.

In this connection JI district secretary general Sabz Ali Naveed and information secretary Mohammad Jibran Sanan visited the flood-hit village and listened to the grievances of the affected families.

They said that the area was devastated by high flood in the Kurrum River, forcing local administration to set up a tent village for the affected people.

“The homeless residents of the village have not been provided Watan Cards,” they said. They added that Wanda Akhundan was the worst affected village in the entire district.

They said that people were being issued Watan Cards on recommendations of MPAs and local leaders of the ruling party. “This procedure deprived a large number of genuine and deserving people of the facility,” they alleged.

They demanded of the government to take notice of the miseries of Wanda Akhundaan and issue them Watan Cards as soon as possible.