Sindh Excise and Taxation Department has suspended 10 of its officials on the recommendation of the Customs Intelligence.
According to a notification on Wednesday, ETOs Mumtaz Ali Mirani, AH Siddiqui, Kashif Muhammad, Sharif Ali, Ali Akbar, Muhammad Amin, Kashif Soomro and Mansoor Haleem, and AETOs Karamullah Kalwar and Nisar Ahmed Shehwani were suspended.
The officers were suspended upon the recommendation of the intelligence for their alleged involvement in issuing fake registration documents for smuggled vehicles.
The Customs Intelligence Karachi seized over 90 smuggled luxury vehicles and during interrogation it was revealed that some officials of excise department with the help of smuggler mafia used to submit fake documents of custom clearance in the registration department.
Custom Intelligence director general contacted the Sindh government officials for this purpose and recommended action against these officials involved, upon which the secretary suspended 10 officials and had initiated the further investigations.
