Corruption in Sukkur, Hyderabad Motorway project clue reached Sindh’s most influential lady

Dr Abdul Waheed
SUKKUR: DC Matiari explained the corruption in detail before FIA ​​and NAB officials during the investigation. An influential woman of the area
also played an important role in the escape of DC Nowshahrafiroz Tashfeen Alam abroad. NAB Sukkur also started a separate investigation
In Sukkur, Hyderabad Motorway M6 project, clues of corruption of billions of rupees has reached the most influential woman of Sindh.
On the other hand, NAB Sukkur has started a separate investigation of the Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway project
The most influential sources of the Sindh government have told this media that DC Matiari explained the corruption in detail in front of the FIA ​​and NAB officials during the investigation. According to detail 2 billion 14 crore rupees were withdrawn from the current account and transferred to his personal account and later all the money was withdrawn from the bank in the form of cash.
According to the sources, Deputy Commissioner Nowshahrufiroz Tashfeen Alam has also transferred 3 billion 61 crore rupees for the project from the current account to the account of the most influential woman of Sindh, while the same influential women have also played an important role in the escape of Tashfeen Alam abroad.
On the other hand, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started a separate inquiry against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Nowshahro Feroze Tashfeen Alam. Several teams of the Sindh government are already conducting separate inquiries into the scam.
According sources, the NAB Sukkur team visited the concerned branch of Sindh Bank in Nowshahrufiroz on Friday, which is part of Shaheed Benazirabad division. Shaheed Benazirabad Commissioner Rashid Zardari confirmed that NAB officials also spoke to him. He said that since NAB has its own procedure, I am not aware of the inquiry process of this matter.
The team obtained records related to payments made to around 850 small farmers under the ‘Land Acquisition Award’. According to initial reports, farmers were given 50 percent of the amount payable to them for land acquisition awards. Farmers withdraw money from the bank in cash.
After the arrival of the NAB team, the entry of the branch was closed. The NAB officials also met the investigation team of the Sindh government in the committee room. Deputy Commissioner Nowshahrufiroz Tashfeen Alam allegedly traveled to Azerbaijan on November 19 via Dubai and later went “missing” and was suspended on November 23.
Payments under the Land Acquisition Award were made by the National Highway Authority (NHA), which had to be processed under the Land Acquisition Act, 1849.
The Sindh government team in Nowshehru Feroz is headed by an experienced revenue officer, Sajjad Haider. The team and the FIA ​​are said to have recorded the statements of farmers and revenue officials (60 people in total). The revenue teams who had surveyed the land were asked to provide the relevant records.
A Sindh-based source of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has admitted that the NAB team has started its investigation. Sources said that our teams are working separately in Nowshehru Feroze and Matiari districts. Sources said that initial reports indicated that about 3.61 billion rupees were given to the zamindars in Nowshehru Feroze district to get their lands.
Sindh government teams are already investigating land scams in both districts. “Our team is collecting records from Sindh Bank and verifying it with other details,” an FIA official said.
2.14 billion in cash was withdrawn from Sindh Bank’s Saeedabad branch through 438 checks under the instructions of the then Assistant Commissioner Mansoor Abbasi in Matiari, though the award was not sanctioned under Section 11 of the Land Acquisition Act (LAA) 1894.
According to FIA sources, Sindh Bank also wanted to start an inquiry from FIA on the complaint of its management, but it has not been done so far. The FIA ​​official said, “The bank also wants the FIA ​​to initiate an investigation into this as it is a different type of fraud under the LAA, otherwise generally in the case of land acquisition, banks, parties and Embezzlement is done in various ways involving the revenue authorities.
NHA had transferred a total of Rs 4.092 billion to the account of Deputy Commissioner Matiari and the then Assistant Commissioner Saeedabad had withdrawn Rs 2.14 billion in cash. 1.94 billion rupees is left in the bank branch. Another team of the Sindh government headed by Secretary Home Dr. Saeed Magnijo had asked the management of Sindh Bank to freeze the account to avoid further transactions.
Sindh government’s fact-finding team headed by Additional Secretary Shahmir Khan Bhutto was provided with only 8 incomplete files of land owners in Matiari, as a result of which the Deputy Commissioner was suspended and an FIR was registered by the Anti-Corruption Establishment. .
An amount of 1.385 billion rupees was transferred from Bank Al Habib to the Sindh Bank account managed by the then DC Matiari and after that an amount of 2.70 billion rupees received from NHA was also deposited in the Sindh Bank account of DC. Meanwhile, Adnan Rashid, the former DC of Matiari, has been arrested.