FAISALABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has conducted raid at Faisalabad Dry Port Trust.
Sources told Customs Today said that accused include ex General Manager Nasar Hayat, Manager Operation, Naveed Imran, Deputy Manager Rana Nasarullah, Import Officer Tariq Saeed and Manager Information Technology Farhan Ali. The case has been registered on complaint of Colonel ® Amer Majeed General Manager (Administration) Dry Port.
Sources told that the dry port management has lodged a FIR at Chak Jhumra Police Station and filed a case against five top officers of the Faisalabad Dry Port Trust on charge of embezzlement of Rs 25.3 million from the dry port funds.
FIA Faisalabad has initiated criminal proceedings and has taken digital equipment including computers, laptops and main servers into possession for forensics and retrieval of relevant data information. The accounts related ledgers registers and invoices have also been taken into possession by FIA Faisalabad for further legal action.
Sources told that complaint lodged with police under section 408 PPC it has been alleged that the accused inflicted a financial loss of Rs 25.3 million. Former General Manager Nasar Hayat also took away a new car worth Rs 1.9 million mobile phones and laptop after quitting their jobs. The accused manipulated to get re employment of the dry port in 2015 with the help of some influential trustees of the dry port.
According to sources four employees including Naveed Imran, Rana Nasarullah, Tariq Saeed and Farhan Ahmad left their job without any intimation to the management and they including General Manager Nasar Hayat were forcibly retired by the dry port management.
The misappropriation of the dry port highlighted when audit firm accompanied with Internal Manager Audit Muhammad Irfan conducted a comprehensive audit of the dry port.
Sources further said that the Chak Jhumra Police Station still did not conducted any raid to arrest the accused case but the management was confident on FIA staff to arrest them very soon.
