The constable FIA Mir Sarmad is famous for corruption. Whenever someone tried to raise finger at him, he attacked or threatened him with dire consequences. Reportedly all high officials are scared of him and no officer ever dared to arrest or investigate against him
PESHAWAR Oct 6 (TNS): The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Peshawar, has arrested its own guys including a senior official Assistant Director Shahid Ilyas along with his subordinate staffers Mir Samad and Akhtar Hayat for extorting money from a Dir resident during a raid.
FIA sources confirmed the arrest of the three officials, who are under custody at the agency’s provincial headquarters in Hayatabad in Peshawar.
According to the sources, especially the constable FIA Mir Sarmad is famous for corruption. Whenever someone tried to raise finger at him, he used to attack or threaten them with dire consequences. Reportedly all high officials are scared of him and no officer ever dared to arrest or investigate against him.
Sources told that the agency arrested assistant director for Mardan, Shahid Ilyas, on the charges of misuse of authority and extorting money.
Details show that the FIA Peshawar registered an FIR against Mr Ilyas and two other officials on Thursday. The FIR notes while serving in Peshawar the official was entrusted with an enquiry number 87/2015.
It says that the said official on Dec 24, 2016 conducted a raid along with other agency officials in Barawal Banda area of Upper Dir. It reads that during the raid the officials recovered Rs13,00,000 and 64,000 Saudi Riyals from Mohamamd Yaqoob, owner of Master Ghee Corporation, Barawal.
It says “the officials arrested Mr Yaqoob and left for Peshawar along with the accused Muhammad Yaqoob. It states that Mr Ilyas, Mir Samad and Akhtar Hayat instead of bringing the accused to Peshawar released him near Talash area.”
It states “the accused showed the same as recovery of stolen property from the accused in the Daily Diary register of Police Station Barawal.”
“Later, Muhammad Yaqoob went to Barawal Police Station and reported this incident to the cops, the FIR states.
After a few days, Muhammad Yaqoob visited the FIA office in Hayatabad and handed over a further amount of Rs200,000 and 19,500 Saudi riyals to Shahid Ilyas on his demand,” FIR states further.
However, it states neither the amount was deposited nor any written report submitted to the higher officials by Shahid Ilyas. It states that no amount was deposited in malkhana register nor any written report was submitted to the higher officers by Mr Ilyas.
FIA has deputed SHO Amajd Ali to investigate the case.
Later, it said, Muhammad Yaqoob submitted written affidavit against Shahid Ilyas and other members of the FIA raiding team for extorting a huge amount of money from him.
Thus the accused Shahid Ilyas, with the active connivance and collaboration of subordinate staff, recovered a huge amount of Rs13,00,000 and 64,000 Saudi riyals, but instead of showing the said amount on record, he and his subordinates abused their official position and misused their authority and embezzled the amount,” the FIR stated.
They were charged under sections 409, 217, 109 PPC read with 5(2) of 1947 PC Act.
