FIA meeting takes up pending cases

A board meeting of Sindh’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was held at the director’s office of the agency where pending cases related to financial and other crimes were discussed. The spokesman for the FIA said the meeting was attended by the additional director law, the additional director admin, the deputy director complaint and the acting DD crime.

Moreover, officials of the FIA Crime Circle Sukkur and investigation officers participated in the meeting. Complaints, inquiries and cases pending at the FIA, Anti-Human Trafficking Circle, Karachi, were discussed in detail.

The FIA has verified two complaints received at the Director’s Office regarding the transfer of huge funds from the bank accounts of complainants being maintained by them at United Bank Limited, Ghotki branches, through fake ATM cards.

As per contents of the complaints, a racket of fraudsters is actively involved in fraudulent transactions. They pose themselves as government functionaries and bankers and obtain account details and CNIC numbers of the customers on various grounds.

The Zonal Board of the FIA approved the recommendations of the investigation officer to register two inquiries and gave directions to investigate the matter. Another recommendation of the FIA has also been approved by the Zonal Board to register an inquiry against Sikander Ali, who allegedly was appointed in PTCL in 1993-94 in Ghotki, Sukkur, and simultaneously he was also appointed a primary school teacher, Education Department, Government of Sindh, in the year 1995 in Karachi, East. The man allegedly kept drawing salaries from both the departments.