National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Tuesday restarted inquiries againstGreen View Cooperative Society and Motorway City Housing Society to snubthe reemerging land mafias’ activities in Lahore.
According to the report of 24NewsHD TV channel, the powerful land mafia hadbeen activated to rescue its operatives detained by the NAB in corruptioncharges.
The sources said the land mafia attempted to get illegal relief from theNAB officials but failed.
The NAB Lahore had sought a complete record of the merger of the MotorwayCity Scheme with the Green View Cooperative Housing from the office of theRegistrar Cooperative.
As per the report, the NAB had also decided to investigate the cooperativeofficers involved in the merger.
Some journalistic and social circles tried efforts to get relief for theformer president of Green View Cooperative Housing Society Mian RafaqatAli, who is already detained by the NAB, but officials flatly refused.
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The NAB authorities also imposed a ban on the entrance of such persons inthe Lahore office.
Mian Rafaqat Ali was arrested in February 2021 in a case of embezzlement ofRs400 million and having more than 100 anonymous bank accounts in society.
Moreover, the NAB had succeeded in finding evidence of around 40commercial, 48 residential, and 1235 Kanal pieces of land that belonged tohim and the family.
