GUJRAT: The Anti-Corruption Establishment ACE unearthed a major scam of Rs420m in the transactions of property purchased by two housing societies of Sara-i-Alamgir and booked their owners as well as three officials of land revenue department on the charges of tax evasion by devaluation of the land.

Those booked included the owners of housing societies, Metro City and Grand City, besides Tehsildar Kamran Mushtaq, registration clerk Aamir Rizwan and patwari Ishrat Mehmood. Malik Bilal Basheer, the maternal grandson of real estate tycoon Malik Riaz, is also among the nominated suspects.

In the FIR lodged with the Gujranwala ACE, the suspects have been accused of undervaluation for purpose of tax evasion through registration deeds thus, causing Rs420m loss to the national exchequer.

The ACE had already arrested Tehsildar Kamran Mushtaq more than a week ago from the office of Tehsildar Pasroor in Sialkot in another corruption case lodged by a resident of Gujrat city who accused him of corruption in a matter a couple of years ago.

Now the ACE has arrested Mushtaq in another corruption case of Sara-i-Alamgir where he was posted in 2024-25.

Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2026