PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission on Tuesday got eight days physical remand of three officials of Social Welfare Department and a contractor after being arrested in embezzlement in the funds for purchasing sewing machines and tricycles.
An assistant director (Administration) Nisar Mohammad, a former assistant director Afsar Khan, a district social welfare officer district Lakki Marwat, Insafur Rehman, and a contractor Wali Khan were produced by the Ehtesab Commission in the Court.
On Monday, the Ehtesab Commission arrested the four persons on charges of misappropriation of funds in purchase of sewing machines and tricycles.
For further investigation in the case filed against them, the senior prosecutor Lajbar Khan and deputy director investigation Saleh Muhammad sought physical remand of the accused persons.
The officials claimed that the accused were members of a purchase committee which had ordered purchase of sewing machines and tricycles to the tune of Rs 15 million from Niaz Enterprises through vague advertisement in 2009-10.
They alleged that the officials of the social welfare department had awarded contracts to their blue-eyed contractors without fulfilling formalities and cause loss of Rs 20 million to national exchequer. Besides, they alleged the accused had distributed those items on political basis.
