ISLAMABAD: Show-cause, other notices and explanations served on government officials were found stolen from the record of the Federal Ombudsman Secretariat for Protection against Harassment.

Over the theft, the administration officer of the secretariat, Hammadul Hassan Siddiqui, got registered a case at the Secretariat police station on the charge of theft against a woman assistant.

According to the FIR, official records and files, especially show-cause notices and explanations, issued to government officials on different occasions were stolen deliberately. These notices, show-causes and explanations and other record were attached in files of the officials, it added.

Action was taken after getting permission from the ombudsman which identified involvement of the assistant who deliberately hatched a conspiracy.

Besides, a decision was taken to sack the woman from the job, the FIR stated, adding an inquiry was conducted through the FIA which revealed that the woman had stolen the documents from the files.

Her husband also confessed that she used to bring official files home and also kept them in her mobile phones, the FIR stated. The complainant requested the police to take strict action against the woman and recover the documents from her.

The complainant was not available for comments as his mobile phone was found switched off.

A police spokesman said the case was registered and action would be taken as per the legal procedure.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2022