KARACHI: The Karachi police apprehended a senior officer of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) for allegedly being involved in illegal construction in the metropolis on Saturday.
Sources revealed that the assistant director of SBCA, Sarfaraz Jamali, was arrested and a substantial amount of money was also recovered from his car.
As per sources, the money recovered from the suspect’s car was allegedly being transferred to the people running the operation of the ‘influential person’.
Assistant Director Sarfraz Jamali has been transferred to an undisclosed location for further investigation.
A sum of Rs 220 million in cash has been recovered from the suspect’s possession, which was allegedly his recovery from last week.
It is worth mentioning here that after the suspension of SBCA officer Shahzad Arain, the suspect – Assistant Director Sarfraz Jamali – was apprehended for running the ‘illegal construction system’.