The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a new corruption case of Rs 340 million in purchase of 69 locomotives against former Pakistan Railways general manager (GM) Saeed Akhtar. NAB had arrested the former GM on Bano scrap corruption scandal and he has been on physical remand. During interrogation, a new scandal emerged related to Rs 340 million in purchase of 69 locomotives from China. Akhtar is accused of committing corruption worth Rs 70 million in scrap scandal.
During the hearing of the scrap scandal case, a NAB prosecutor stated that the investigation against Akhtar had been completed, and he was found to have been involved in another corruption scandal of Rs 340 million on account of repairing Chinese engines. The prosecutor requested the court to extend the remand for 25 more days. The prosecutor added that the members of the Railways’ executive committee were also complicit in corruption with Akhtar. While extending the remand for 15 days, the court ordered NAB to carry out Akhtar’s medical check up, and to unmask the culprits as soon as possible.
