ACE DG orders corruption case against own director

LAHORE: Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) DG Brig (retd) Muzaffar Ali Ranjha has ordered registration of an FIR against one of establishment’s directors after an inquiry proved him guilty of corruption. According to a spokesman for the ACE Punjab, the DG approved the recommendation of registration of an FIR against ACE’s Director Technical Aftab Ghani for taking millions of rupees bribe from government officials as well as from contractors on Friday. The spokesman said FIR has been registered for another charge of having assets beyond his known sources of income. A contractor named Sheikh Sohail has also been booked in the same FIR. According to the spokesman, the ACE DG, on complaints against Aftab Ghani of taking bribe from various people, had ordered probe into the issue and formed a team comprising Additional Director General ACE Nadeem Sarwar, Director Legal Rana Anwar, Deputy Director Admin Aftab Rasool Tarar and Circle Officer ACE Lahore Raees Khan.The inquiry committee, the spokesman said, after a through probe against Aftab and Sohail proved them guilty of corruption.