HYDERABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested factory owner and line superintendent for generating electricity without license.
The FIA produced the arrested accused in the court, the consumer court handed over the accused to the FIA on a 5-day investigative remand.
The FIA says that since 2014, the factory owner Gohar Ullah was illegally generating electricity in his textile mill.
The FIA said that the 3.6 MW power plant at the factory was running on gas for which no No Objection Certificate was taken and no license application was made.
According to the FIA, the government has suffered an estimated loss of 670 million so far due to illegal power generation.
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Earlier, Federal Investigation Agency Anti-Corruption Circle Lahore arrested Managing Director Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation Ltd (PASSCO) and others in wheat scam.
FIA Anti-Corruption Circle registered a case for large-scale irregularities in the sale of PASSCO wheat and arrested 7 accused including former MD PASSCO Saeed Ahmed Nawaz.
According to FIA spokesperson, General Manager Commercial Shahid Ibrahim and General Manager Commercial Imran Nazir were arrested while Zonal Head Iftikhar Uddin, Buyer Muhammad Saeed and Nasir Ali were also arrested.
