GUJRANWALA: A scam of withdrawing money from various money transfer providers like Easy Paisa, Mobi Cash and UBL Omni by swindlers surfaced on Wednesday when two suspects were arrested who took away Rs1.1 million cash from a currency exchange on fake documents.

All Pakistan Stainless Steel Importers and Traders Association President Khwaja Shujaullah demanded of the government and the inspector general of police to make the person concerned presence with original CNIC compulsory at the time of sending and receiving money from the collection centre to avoid any fraud.

The local money exchange service Western Union had lodged a report with the Model Town police station that two swindlers, Imran and Irfan, withdrew Rs1.1m cash on fake documents.

The police raided and arrested both the accused.

VERDICT RESERVED: District and Sessions Judge Tariq Iftikhar on Wednesday reserved a verdict on a fake degree case of former MNA Mudassar Qayyum Nahara after hearing arguments of both sides and adjourned hearing till February 28.

The judge also issued a notice for the presence of the former MNA in court on next hearing.

The former MNA was disqualified by the Supreme Court because of his fake degree while regional election commission Masrur Ahmad Bhatti had a case registered against him with the Civil Lines police station.

Meanwhile, civil judge Muhammad Azher Ali granted on Wednesday further two days physical remand of the main accused, the district taxation officer Umair Dildar, in a corruption case Rs30 million in collection of hoarding bills fee.

The Anti-Corruption Establishment had arrested the accused when his interim bail was rejected some two days ago.

CASE ORDERED: Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam Gondal ordered on Wednesday the registration of a case against the SNGPL general manager and the deputy chief on charges of demanding Rs100,000 for a domestic connection.

Complainant Sughran Bibi filed a petition in court where her counsel Javed Iqbal Rana pleaded that she had applied for the gas connection on Jan 24, 2007, but the two officers asked her to get application marked by the MNA concerned.

The marked application was presented again on July 8, 2008, but the deputy chief in the presence of the general manager demanded Rs100,000 bribe for issuing demand notice.

The court ordered the FIA to register a case against both SNGPL officers.

FAINTED: Seven children of a seminary fell unconscious after taking contaminated meal in Dhulley on Wednesday.

Reports said that victims Ali Raza, Umer, Qayyum, Raza Saleem, Abdul Rehman, Shehzad and Nematullah of Medressah Rehmania took break fast from the seminary kitchen. They were admitted to DHQ Hospital where their condition was stated to be stable.