Eight members of Levies Force suspended in Chagai

Published December 2, 2021
The suspended Levies personnel were suspected of allegedly being involved in harassment and obtaining illegal gratification from transporters. — AFP/File
The suspended Levies personnel were suspected of allegedly being involved in harassment and obtaining illegal gratification from transporters. — AFP/File

CHAGAI: As many as eight Levies personnel of 72 Landhi Levies post, including their in-charge, were suspended for allegedly being involved in harassment and obtaining illegal gratification from transporters in the Nokundi area of Chagai district.

According to a letter issued by the Chagai deputy commissioner on Wednesday, the Levies personnel were suspended by DC Mansoor Ahmed Baloch.

Official sources told Dawn that Naib Risaldar Nabi Bakhsh was serving as in-charge of several Levies posts along the Pak-Iran and Pak-Afghan borders and at Nokundi Levies station.

The authorities concerned will interrogate the suspended members of the Levies Force, the sources further said.

Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2021

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