LAHORE, Jan 10 The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Sunday arrested 11 officers of the City District Government and the Lahore Development Authority and handed them over to the Old Anarkali police.

These officers were taken into custody for their alleged involvement in construction of illegal high-rises in the city.

The cases were registered against them under Section 5/2/47 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947 and Section 161 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

The arrested officers were identified as Rana Maqbool, Tariq Mehmood Bajwa, Younas Dar, Ansar Inam Bokhari, Gharib Alam, Muhammad Jehangir, Shafqat Bhatti, Rana Muzzamil Haq, Col Abdul Majeed (retired), Mutahir and Tahir Naveed.—Staff Reporter