CHAKWAL: Three officials of the Crime Control Department (CCD) Chakwal were dismissed from service after allegations of misuse of authority were proven against them.

The three officials are: ASI Masood Ahmed, Head Constable Mohsin Shah, and Constable Ahsan Javed. Two senior CCD officers confirmed the dismissal of the three officials to Dawn.

“All three were dismissed from service,” CCD Regional Officer Rawalpindi SSP Hassan Jahangir Watoo told Dawn.

A departmental inquiry was underway against the three officials following a complaint by Nasir Mehmood, a resident of Attock. The inquiry was assigned to SP Afzal Shah by the regional officer. The inquiry found the three officials guilty of misuse of authority and serious violations of departmental rules.

Mr Mehmood had filed an application (copy available with Dawn) with the SHO of Kallar Kahar, stating that on the night between May 7 and 8, his employee Gul Zaib and driver Ameer Zaib were taking 30 cartons of cigarettes from Mardan to Lahore in a vehicle when three police officials stopped them near Kallar Kahar.

A call was made from Gul Zaib’s number to Mr Mehmood’s business partner Mohammad Zaib, and one of the police officials demanded Rs3 million, saying, “Bring 3 million rupees and take your men and vehicle.” Mr Mehmood and Mr Zaib left Attock for Kallar Kahar and negotiated Rs1.4 million over the phone with the police officials.

According to Mr Mehmood, at around 9am on May 8, he and Mr Zaib reached Kallar Kahar with Rs1.4 million. The police officials told them to exit at the interchange and come to Jheel Road. They stopped in front of Rescue 1122 office when three officials arrived in an unregistered Honda Civic.

The three officials took Rs1.4 million from Mr Mehmood and Mr Zaib and said, “Your two men and the vehicle will arrive within ten minutes.” A short time later, Gul Zaib and Ameer Zaib arrived with their vehicle.

According to Me Mehmood, the three officials were from CCD Chakwal and were identified as ASI Masood Ahmed, Head Constable Mohsin Shah, and Constable Ahsan Javed. On Mr Mehmood’s complaint, District Police Officer Kashif Zulfiqar assigned the inquiry to SDPO Saddar Circle ASP Zaman Ali.

According to sources, the inquiry proved the allegations and an order was also issued to register an FIR against them. The FIR was almost typed when senior CCD officials intervened and said that, as per SOPs, CCD itself would take departmental action against its personnel.

Because of this, the FIR was not registered and the inquiry against the three officials was handed over to the CCD regional officer Rawalpindi, who assigned it to SP Afzal Shah. Based on SP Afzal Shah’s inquiry report, the three officials were dismissed from service.

Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2026