Multan: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Multan has arrested 6 suspects, including PASSCO officers, in a wheat embezzlement case.
The FIA spokesperson said that the arrested suspects include the Deputy General Manager (DGM) of PASSCO Multan Zone, Project Manager and Vigilance Officer.
The spokesperson said that the suspects are accused of embezzling 25,058 bags of local wheat of the year 2024 with mutual collusion, which has claimed a loss of more than Rs 332.1 million to the national exchequer.
On the other hand, the suspects are also accused of embezzling 105.3 metric tons of imported wheat of the year 2022, due to which the government exchequer is also accused of losing more than Rs 15.4 million.
FIA officials further said that the alleged embezzlement in both cases caused a total loss of more than Rs 347.6 million to the national treasury. The arrests of the accused have been made in case number 39/2026, while FIA Multan has started further investigation into the incident.