RAWALPINDI, Nov 15: The anti-corruption department, Rawalpindi Region, collected Rs17.5 million from different provincial departments during the last nine months.

Sources said the anti-corruption department had received 692 complaints, adding that it probed into 325 complaints after preliminary scrutiny. Some of the complaints were sent back to the respective departments for further action, while few cases were resolved following reconciliation between the parties.

Forty-five cases were registered against the accused in different courts, out of which 30 are under trial.

During inquiries, the anti-corruption department recovered Rs17.5 million from officials and employees of different provincial departments. The sources said the anti-corruption department had launched a crackdown against the corrupt people, and the drive would continue until corruption was eliminated from the government departments.

The sources said the crackdown had initially been started at the grass-roots level that would gradually be extended to catch the big fish.—Online