LARKANA: The anti-corruption police raided the Qambar-Shahdadkot treasury office and seized the record for an investigation into a Rs250 million scam.

Anti-corruption Establish­ment (ACE) Qambar circle officer Mohammed Pariyal Morio told Dawn that he accompanied by civil judge Mohammed-ud-Din Alvi raided the district treasury office on Monday after seeking necessary permission from the high-ups on the basis of tangible information.

He said several education officers including the executive district officers, additional district officers, district accounts officers and accountants would be interrogated for their role in the scam that pertained to the period 2009-2014.

Referring to the seized and required documents, the officer said that certain treasury officials, in connivance with the education officers, caused the provincial exchequer a loss of around Rs250 million through illegal promotions, payment of bills and disbursement of GP fund.

He said that the treasury staff handed over some documents to him but more evidence were required to investigate the matter.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2014