CHINIOT: Bhowana police have registered a case against 18 people, including top management of Ramzan Sugar Mills, and arrested 11 of them on charges of duping public to get supportive documents in connection with a NAB case.
Police registered the case under sections 420, 468, 471 and 109 of PPC against Adeel Shah, mills business head, Sarfraz Ahmad, general manager, Rana Zafar, GM (cane), Rana Ahsan, deputy manager (cane), Chaudhry Javed, director (technical), and arrested [alleged] survey team members Muhammad Rafiq, Waqas Ahmad, Saeed Hussain, Maryam Fatima, Shamim Akhtar, Asad Ali, Yasir Arsalan, Ehsan Elahi, Arsalan Rafiq, Muhammad Yaseen, Shafqat and Rana Mujahid.
Sajid Ali of Khan Da Kot village alleged that the suspects were duping the farmers by getting their signatures on some forms favouring construction of a drain from the mills to the local nullah. They were getting their signatures by alluring them to provide them with hens and cows under a scheme.
On the other hand, GM (cane) Rana Zafar has rejected the FIR as false, saying that it was politically motivated. He denied sending any survey team to the village on behalf of the mills.
Published in Dawn, December 4th, 2018
