PESHAWAR – An accountability court on Wednesday sentenced a senior serving police officer and three customs officials to seven-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2 million to each. Dilawar Bangash, currently Dera Ismail Khan DPO, and three customs officials, Shah Nawaz, Rehmat and Munawar Khan, were convicted in a National Accountability Bureau reference on the charges of misappropriation of Rs 6.3 million.
The accountability court of Syed Afsar Shah, after hearing arguments, awarded seven-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 2 million to each of the accused.
As soon as the judge announced its verdict, the convicted officials were arrested by the police from the court premises and sent to jail.
