KARACHI: The Sindh Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has formally approved a series of open inquiries into alleged tampering of high-value land records in Mirpurkhas, targeting multiple revenue officials.
The issue of suspected land frauds of Mirpurkhas division with the alleged connivance of revenue officials was previously unearthed by The News International.Official correspondence reviewed by The News shows that ACE Director General Sindh Imtiaz Abro has authorised open inquiries against several officials, including a serving mukhtiarkar, a former mukhtiarkar, many tapadars, assistants to deputy commissioner, private beneficiaries and brokers allegedly involved in collusive land allotments, revenue fraud, and manipulation of official record of rights, revenue records of many dehs and tapas.
Official correspondence marks the strongest institutional move yet in a months-long controversy surrounding forged VF-VII-B land entries, suspected manipulation of survey records.
The developments come weeks after The News International’s investigative report exposed large-scale manipulation of Mirpurkhas revenue records, including alleged forged VF-VII-B entries, alterations in deh maps, post-dated land mutation records, revenue allocations to land mafia groups, and tampered entries favouring land speculators.
