- The FIR has been registered by ACE of Punjab.
- The FIR says that the role of other officials of the department will also be investigated.
- This development comes a day after the arrest of Elahi’s driver and the gunman.
LAHORE: The anti-corruption watchdog of Punjab registered a case against the former chief minister on Sunday. Parvez ElahiThe former Principal Secretary Muhammad Khan Bhatti was reported for allegedly accepting bribe. News.
In the First Information Report (FIR) filed by Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Bhatti is accused of taking more than Rs 460 million in bribes from provincial highway department officials. SDO Highway Police Rana Muhammad Iqbal has already been arrested on charges of bribery while ACE has initiated proceedings to arrest Bhatti on corruption charges as well.
In the FIR, it is said that Iqbal Bhatti was bribed to get the posts of his choice.
“Several officials from the Department of Communications and Construction were working for Mohammad Khan Bhatti,” he added. The FIR further states that the role of other officials of the department will also be investigated.
The development comes a day after the former Punjab chief minister’s driver and gunman were arrested in Islamabad for carrying liquor bottles.
The police claimed that on Elahi’s instructions, the accused gave an envelope full of money to Fahim Mirza, an employee of Punjab House, in exchange for a briefcase containing liquor bottles.
The police further said that the accused have also revealed before the magistrate that the alleged employees of Punjab House Islamabad, Faheem and Irshad, are the frontmen of the former chief minister.
They claimed that the two were involved in financial transactions for alleged frontman Chaudhry Pervez Elahi. A case has been registered against him in Islamabad’s Secretariat police station under various provisions.