SAHIWAL, April 26: The special anti-corruption judge (Multan camp) in Sahiwal on Friday cancelled the pre-arrest bails of an ASI, muharrar and a clerk of the former Deputy Commissioner office.

The police arrested them and sent all of them to the central jail.

ASI Ghazi Ahmed and muharrar Nisar Ahmed had registered a fake theft case against Asif who was in America at the time of registration of a case. The police arrested Asif when he came to Pakistan. An inquiry was conducted which found Asif innocent. Both the officials had managed their pre-arrest bails which the court on Friday cancelled.

Clerk Riaz Shahid had embezzled Rs180,000 from the salaries of patwaris. The ACE had registered a case, but the accused got the pre-arrest bail.

Meanwhile, the anti-corruption judge has also awarded two years hard jail to a headclerk of the Education Department, Chichawatni.

The ACE had arrested Israr Ahmed on Feb 6, 2000, for accepting illegal gratification of Rs1,000 from a teacher, Nauman Ashraf. A case had been registered against him, but he had been granted pre-arrest bail. The court on Friday handed him down sentence and sent him to jail.

POLLING STATIONS: The Punjab Election Commission has ordered setting up of three polling stations inside the central jail and one outside its premises.