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ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): The National Accountability Bureau
(NAB) Thursday arrested Manager NIB Bank Tehsin Ullah, land owners Ijaz
Hussain and Ghulam Rasool in the Workers Welfare Board (WWB) land
acquisition case.
“They are allegedly involved in corruption and corrupt practices and
kickback/commission in acquisition of 840 Kanal Land for Worker Welfare
Board construction of labour complex at Mouza Shahi Bala District
Peshawar,” said NAB press release issued here.
During the course of inquiry, it was revealed that accused Tehsin
Ullah remained Relationship Manager and afterwards Branch Manager of NIB
Bank, Shoba Chowk, Peshawar City in the year 2012-13.
The accused in connivance with other co-accused person operated
different dormant bank accounts in order to circulate the bribe money.
The accused aided, abetted and facilitated other accused persons in
smooth transfer of bribe/kickbacks money.
The accused in connivance with other accused persons opened
fake/fraudulent bank accounts, wherein the bribe/kickback money was
deposited and was further withdrawn in cash or transferred to relatives of
other accused persons.
The bank accounts of Ibn-e-Amin, Saleem Khan and Mian Fazal
Subhan were being operated by accused Tehsin Ullah to hide the trail of
money.
The accused Ghulam Rasool and Ijaz Hussain landowners with mala
fide intentions and with ulterior motives to extract illegal amount from the
state exchequer made underhand deal with accused Haider Ali Khan,
Attorney Holder, officials of WWB and Revenue Department and
sold/mutated excess land to WWB than his original share of land in Mauza
Shahi Bala, Peshawar.
The accused Tehsin Ullah Manager NIB Bank City Branch Peshawar
is also arrested in another inquiry regarding corruption and corrupt practices
in procurement of equipment by officers/officials of WWB KP and others.
The accused person opened bogus accounts in the name of various
firms and operated the same with frivolous intentions.
He fraudulently received huge government funds through these bank
accounts from illegal contractors of WWB and got commission/kickbacks.