Gang swindling money through fake appointments busted in Attock.

Attock -- The education department Attock with the assistance of local administration and police busted a three-member gang which swindled millions of rupees from people through offering them appointments in education department. According to details, the group was led by a female while an official of education department was also hand in glove with the group.

'Through a string operation along with police and local administration, we have netted the ring leader - a female who allegedly swindled millions of rupees from people mostly belonging to village Boota near Attock for offering them jobs and issuance of appointment letters in different schools of UnionCouncil Akhori,' said Chief Executive Officer District Education Authority Dr Javaid Iqbal while talking to media persons on Sunday. He said that the racket was run by the lady who while dubbing herself as senior education department officer swindled money from poor and jobless people of Fatehjang and Attock and later when they demanded money back from her, she along with a clerk posted at the office of district officer secondary education and a stamp maker issued them fake appointment letters of government jobs.

Iqbal told newsmen that the racket came under spotlight when a man identified as Abdul Khaliq visited the local education office with an appointment letter of his brother Muhammad Usman as a class-IV employee in Government Girls School Akhori. He said upon verification, the letter was found fake.

He said that the man in his statement told police that he made the full payment after the fraudster...