Three held for committing fraud in Ehsaas programme

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MUZAFFARGARH: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday arrested three suspects for allegedly committing fraud in distribution of money under Ehsaas Kafaalat programme.

A cyber crime team in collaboration with Assistant Director BISP Malik Zafar Ali raided Rohilanwali area and arrested Mohammed Ejaz, Naeem and Sajjad who were allegedly deducting Rs5,000 from the amount of each woman beneficiary. The team recovered mobile phones and HBL connect devices and stolen amount worth Rs105,000. The scope of the investigation has been extended to SDPI survey team and HBL connect device officials.

Published in Dawn, March 25th, 2022

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