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.
DPO, 3 customs officials convicted, sent to jail
