In a recent development, four officials from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in Islamabad have been arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) due to their alleged involvement in fraudulent plot transfers in Sector D-13. The arrests came after a local court canceled their pre-arrest bail.

The investigation unveiled a scheme dating back to 2016, where three plots, numbered 38, 39, and 40, each measuring 50 feet by 90 feet (500 square yards) on Street Number 92, Sector D-13/3, Islamabad, were seemingly allocated to Abdul Rasheed. However, suspicions arose as this allocation was based on Rasheed’s questionable claim of owning 12 kanals of land in Mouza Shah Allah Ditta, purportedly acquired by the CDA under award 22-08-2008. Adding to the doubt, stamp papers from 2019 further substantiated the fraudulent nature of the transaction.

The First Information Report (FIR), filed in February of this year, highlighted that “the whole files of the said plots were prepared/constructed in back date with mala fide intention and illegal gain by adopting fraudulent, bogus, and mala fide omission and commission by the accused persons with the connivance of one another.”

As a result, the FIA took action against ten CDA officials linked to this case. Among them, four individuals, including the then Gardawar Sheraz, dealing assistants Aftab Jaffrani and Mukhtar Solangi, and then Assistant Director Inayatullah, were arrested following the cancellation of their pre-arrest bail.

This case initially came to light in 2020 when the CDA’s security directorate detected irregularities and initiated an internal inquiry. Subsequently, the CDA referred the matter to the FIA, which conducted its own investigation, ultimately uncovering the involvement of the aforementioned officials.

Source: DAWN