LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, has arrested two more suspects over Rs67 million embezzlement committed in connivance with ex-Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) Mian Abdul Rauf.

According to NAB, the suspects -- Ghulam Mustafa and Muhammad Naseem -- were arrested on Monday for their alleged role in the embezzlement of Rs67 million meant for widening of Pattoki-Chuniyan road, whereas the amount was deposited in the then LAC’s account by the Punjab highways department as compensation money for acquisition of land for the project.

“The suspects also managed to deposit the amount fraudulently in their own accounts,” it said. The NAB has so far arrested Rauf and six other suspects in this case.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2017