Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu & Kashmir Accountability Bureau on Wednesday arrested two officials of two separate government departments for allegedly indulging in corruption, malpractices and irregularities during the course of their official duties, it was officially said.
In a first move to net the corrupt elements in the AJK public sector departments, a team of the AJK Ehtesab (Accountability) Bureau arrested Saqib Salim Program Manager in the state-run AJK Rural Support Program for unlawfully drawing sum of Rs. 3.82 lakh from the public exchequer through forgery, the AJK Ehtesab Bureau Sources told media on Wednesday.
AJK Ehtesab Bureau has obtained the judicial remand of the accused till October 17, according to the sources.
In an identical action, the AJK Accountability Bureau team arrested one Zulfiqar Ali, Private Secretary in AJK Ushr and Zakat department in Kotli district on the charges of receiving illegal gratification, the sources said adding the Bureau has obtained the judicial remand of the accused till October 13, from the Accountability Court Mirpur.
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