The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Multan Regional Bureau has filed its first corruption reference against Sheikh Zaka-ur-Rehman s/o Baha Uddin Haji, a press release issued on Saturday says. In this case, NAB received complaints against the accused person who is businessman from District Vehari for collection of Rs 22,928,015 from public at large in the pretext of investment in his wholesale business of sugar with a promise of high profit.
In order to deceive the people at large, accused Sheikh Zaka-ur-Rehman s/o Baha Uddin Haji gave fake payment receipts and post dated cheques to the affectees from his personal and business accounts but no cheque was honoured by any respective bank. During the investigation, it has transpired that accused Sheikh Zaka-ur-Rehman allured innocent people by offering high rates of profit on their investments in his sugar business and embezzled hard earn money of people to the tune of Rs 22,928,015. NAB Multan has filed a corruption reference against the accused in the Accountability Court Multan as the accused was running his sugar business in Multan.
The NAB Multan Regional Bureau was established in March 2015 to address the corruption complaints of three divisions of South Punjab including Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan. It is important to mention here that NAB Multan Regional Bureau has a separate complaint cell with its UAN number 061-111-622-622.