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Multan: (ACE), Multan has launched a pre-eid crack down to arrest the corrupt officers involved in big cases of corruption. An ACE spokesman said that an Executive Engineer Abdul Waheed and an Accountant Allah Baksh of Highways department Lodhran, However a superintending Engineer Munir Ahmed Chugtai, SDO Ahmed Tahir, Account Officer Mehmood Chughtai, a clerk Ghulam Muhammad and two contractors could not be arrested. Spokesman told that they had got funds of Rs.10 million for the construction of a road in the constituancy of them MPA Amanullah.

Later they prepared a bogus letter No.311/ C & W signed by

provincial secretary construction and works and got relesed another amount of Rs.10 million for the same project with the collaboration of then district Accounts Oficer Lodhran. Later they invited tenders and completed the record. When the case returned to the secretary for approval. He got registered a case against them for preparing bogus letter with his signatures.

Spokesman said that a special team headed by DSP Muhammad Akbar was searching them and they might be arrested even on Eid-day.