SSP among nine cops arrested by NAB

Published December 1, 2018
A NAB spokesman alleged that the SSP had embezzled funds to the tune of Rs700m from 2014 to 2016.— Photo courtesy of NAB
A NAB spokesman alleged that the SSP had embezzled funds to the tune of Rs700m from 2014 to 2016.— Photo courtesy of NAB

KARACHI: The Nat­ional Acco­untability Bur­eau’s Lahore branch arrested nine police officials, including a senior super­intendent of police (SSP), on corruption char­ges here on Friday.

According to a spokesman for the accountability watchdog, those arrested by a NAB team from Lahore include former Lahore City Traffic Officer Rai Ijaz. He was arrested in the Sharea Faisal area of Karachi where he is currently serving as SSP. He had allegedly committed corruption in police funds.

The spokesman alleged that the SSP had embezzled funds to the tune of Rs700m from 2014 to 2016. His father Rai Zameer, a retired police officer and former district police officer of Gujrat, is also wanted in a corruption case. NAB’s Lahore branch is conducting raids for his arrest.

Published in Dawn, December 1st, 2018

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