The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started its investigation into alleged theft of wheat worth Rs7 billion in Sindh, sources said on Saturday.
A two-member team of senior officials of the bureau has been formed by the DG NAB, sources said. The team has been tasked to submit its inquiry report as soon as it can.
The Sindh government on Monday had forwarded the case of alleged theft of wheat worth Rs7 billion from its warehouses in the province to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate it thoroughly.
It must be noted that about 168,000 metric tonnes of wheat went missing from the government warehouses in the province. The wheat worth Rs7 billion was stolen in the month of February, according to a report.
Another wheat bags worth Rs450 million had gone missing last year in November, the report said.
Earlier, the chief secretary Sindh had handed over the matter for an inquiry to the anti-corruption department.
Meanwhile, in a crackdown against hoarders, the Sindh Food Authority has recovered 15,000 bags of wheat from a rice mill in Larkana on Saturday.
Taking action on a tip-off, a team of the provincial food authority conducted raid at a rice mill situated alongside Miro Khan road in Larkana and recovered wheat bags worth Rs52.5 million.
The wheat hoarded at the mill was later dispatched to the food department's procurement centre. It is pertinent to mention here that the provincial food authority has recovered 96,000 wheat bags of worth Rs360 million within three days.
The food authorities launched crackdown against the hoarders after it had failed in attaining the wheat procurement target.
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