DADU, Jan 24: A team of the Anti-Corruption Establishment on Thursday raided the office of the Mukhtiarkar, Thana Bula Khan, seized the record of the office from 1990 to January 2004 and initiated an investigation against eight Mukhtiarkars and 10 Tapedars.

The team seized the record of the revenue department of the taluka and fake certificates and documents of 4,000 acres.

The ACE initiated investigation against the revenue officials during whose periods the certificates and documents were issued.

An inquiry was also initiated against 25 influential people whoobtained loansthrough the certificates from different branches of the Muslim Commercial Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, United Bank Limited and other banks from 1990 to January 2004.

The team also arrested one of the persons, Dharamdas.

Talking to this correspondent, ACE inspector Murad Ahmad Channa confirmed that the fake documents had been seized.

He said through the fake certificates, loans of billions of rupees were obtained from different banks.

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