ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Multan has filed its first corruption reference in the Accountability Court Multan against a businessman Sheikh Zaka-ur-Rehman for cheating public at large.
In this case, NAB received complaints against the accused person who is businessman from district Vehari for collection of Rs 22.9 million from public at large in the pretext of investment in his wholesale business of sugar business with a promise of high profit, said a press release.
In order to deceive the people at large, the accused Sheikh Zaka-ur-Rehman gave fake payment receipts and post dated cheques to the affectees from his personal and business accounts but no cheque was honoured by any respective bank.
During the investigation, it has transpired that the accused Sheikh Zaka-ur-Rehman from district Vehari allured innocent people by offering high rates of profit on their investments in his Sugar business and embezzled hard earn money of people to the tune of Rs 22.9 million.
The NAB Multan Regional Bureau which was established in March 2015 to address the corruption complaints of three divisions of South Punjab including Multan, Bahwalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan in order to save the people of South Punjab living in far-flung areas for travelling long distances to get their grievances addressed at NAB Lahore Bureau.
The decision of Chairman NAB Qamar Zaman Chaudhry was hailed by the people of South Punjab with a clear vision to deal strictly under NAB’s zero tolerance policy against corruption and pursue corruption cases on transparently and merit on the basis of evidence.
