PESHAWAR: NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) arrested accused Tehsil Zaman, Assistant Chief (BPS-18), Planning and Development Department, the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who in connivance with others, allegedly embezzled Rs 110.00 million in the procurement of sanitation vehicles for the local government department on exorbitant rates.
An NAB spokesman said that a complaint was lodged in NAB KP wherein the plea of the complainant was that the procurement of sanitation vehicles by the local government department was not transparent and the officers of the local government were allegedly involved in corruption.
During inquiry, it was revealed that the officers of the local government department neglected the lowest bidder in the process of technical evaluation and awarded the contract to the higher bidder. It was prima facie established that the contractors M/s Meraj Limited worked in connivance with officers of the local government department and sold the sanitation vehicles and equipment on exorbitant rates.
The accused Tehsil Zaman Assistant Chief was the representative of Planning and Development Department in the Intra Departmental Purchase Committee constituted for this procurement. He was also the member of sub-committee constituted for technical evaluation. He worked in connivance with others and signed technical evaluation without getting any report from the sub-committee members. Potential lower bidders were knocked out on flimsy and illegal grounds in technical evaluation approved by him. The accused Tehsil Zaman, Assistant Chief (BPS-18), Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was presented before the Accountability Court Peshawar. The Accountability Court Peshawar has remanded him to NAB custody for 10 days.
