LAHORE: Former haj director general (DG) Rao Shakeel Ahmad was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab in Lahore on Saturday. Earlier, a first information report was registered against Shakeel in the FIA headquarters in Islamabad. Shakeel was arrested on a request by the Interior Ministry. He is accused of embezzling Rs 1 billion on renting apartments for pilgrims’ residence at high rates. The former haj DG was suspended a few days ago.
Meanwhile, Trading Corporation of Pakistan’s (TCP) Director Adil Mokhar was also arrested on charges of massive corruption on Saturday.
A case was registered against him in Karachi two days ago.
In May, two men robbed an Internet cafe, but one of them made the mistake of logging into Facebook and forgetting to log out. The flub led police right to him, Gizmodo notes.
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