A senior officer progress has been made in the Rawalpindi Progress Body's (RDA) mega financial controversy, with the body recovering more than
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RDA claws back Rs3.5b in scam
A senior officer progress has been made in the Rawalpindi Progress Body's (RDA) mega financial controversy, with the body recovering more than Rs3.5 billion from those held responsible through plea bargains, Call Deposit Receipts (CDRs) and properties in collaboration with the National Anti-graft bureau (NAB).
However, the fact-finding fact-finding process panel formed by the Punjab Top bureaucratic official has yet to make its short report general even after one year.
According to sources, the financial controversy involved the transfer of Rs1.94 billion from the RDA account to various companies and individuals through CDRs, while fund misappropriation of millions of rupees from protection deposit accounts also came to light.
During the probe, former RDA Deputy Director Finance and then Director Senior commander of the Parks and Horticulture Body (PHA) Sialkot, Junaid Taj, allegedly committed suicide in his office on May 13, 2025. His family termed the death a suspicious murder and got an POLICE COMPLAINT REPORT registered in Sialkot.
The recoveries made through NAB include 84 CDRs worth Rs1.291 billion that had not been encashed. These have been consolidated into a single CDR of Rs1.291 billion and transferred to the RDA's official bank account.
Raja Arsalan, driver of the late deputy director finance, and RDA stenographer Raja Jehangir, whose accounts had received transferred funds, entered into plea bargains worth Rs129 million.
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