Attock – The Anti-Corruption Institution (ACE) Attock Circle arrested an Assistant Director (Administration and Finance) of the Water and Sanitation Company (WASA) Attock on Saturday for allegedly demanding and receiving a Rs30,000 bribe for approving a brand new water provide connection, officers stated.
The arrest was made throughout a lure operation carried out by Circle Officer ACE Jahanzeb Khan within the presence of Judicial Justice of the Peace Ahmad Zia Chaudhry, following a criticism lodged by Bilal Ahmad, a resident of Attock.
In line with ACE officers, Ahmad approached the division and alleged that Jameel Akhtar Shad, Assistant Director (Administration and Finance), WASA Attock, had demanded Rs30,000 in unlawful gratification for issuing a brand new water connection for his home.
Performing on the criticism, ACE officers organized a lure and arrested the suspect whereas he was allegedly receiving the cash from the complainant. The bribe quantity was recovered from the accused, officers stated.
A case was subsequently registered in opposition to Shad beneath related provisions of the anti-corruption legal guidelines. ACE officers stated the suspect had been taken into custody for additional authorized proceedings and that documentary proof and the recovered cash had been secured for presentation earlier than the courtroom.
Circle Officer Jahanzeb Khan stated the division would proceed motion in opposition to officers accused of demanding bribes from residents searching for public companies.
“Nobody might be allowed to take advantage of residents by demanding bribes for fundamental public companies,” he stated.
He stated the presence of the judicial Justice of the Peace throughout the operation was meant to make sure that the lure was carried out in accordance with authorized process and to keep up transparency.
ACE officers stated the motion was the newest in a collection of anti-corruption instances registered in Attock this month. Two visitors police officers and an worker of the Agriculture Division had additionally been arrested in separate instances after complaints alleging calls for for bribes, they stated.
The officers stated the current operations fashioned a part of the province-wide anti-corruption marketing campaign launched on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
The complainant, Bilal Ahmad, stated the arrest ought to function a warning to officers who demanded unlawful funds from residents.
“We would like public workplaces to work with out corruption in order that bizarre individuals don’t undergo,” he stated.
ACE officers urged residents to report calls for for bribes via the division’s designated criticism channels, saying the id of complainants can be stored confidential in accordance with the relevant process.
Additional investigation into the WASA case is beneath option to decide whether or not every other officers or staff have been concerned.
