FRAUD – 3 YEARS JAIL –
HOLIDAYS FROM DUBAI
15 March 2004
Today while I was destroying old newspapers magazines I came across mid 2003 a new item accordingt to which acting on recommendations of an enquiry committee Allama Iqbal Open University has handed down various punishment to penalize Librarian, assistant librarian and superintendent account involved in the library scam. The decision against librarian and Dean of faculty of science whose involvement was confirmed by three subsequent enquiry committees not merely was held by university high ups in the past but also are reluctant to punish the librarian who has high backing. Earlier these accused officials were given higher punishment eg one to be demoted from grade 19 to 18 but later it was merely limited to withholding of some increment only. One had been given forced retirement. These officials misused Rs. 10 library fund.
It reminded me of period of 1973-75 when politics entered into first time into our government offices, mush room labour unionism was “deliberately” created even unions were thrusted into hospitals and one’s “influence and backing” the main merit, a general manager was helpless before his clerk. During those days all a sudden frauds misappropriation in banks and financial institutions and government increased manifold all of a sudden. Accounts were misappropriated in amounts of lacs. Action due to political unionism or political backing either was not taken or merely a small punishment like temporary suspension or transfer or hardly 2 or 3 years jail was awarded. Seeing this I still remember a Manager of a Bank saying by doing a fraud of 8 or 1O lacs [hen in seventies] and getting a jail term of 2 or 3 years is a profitable business. According to him after all people going to Dubai return home after 2 or 3 years and pocketing 8 lacs and living 2 years in jail one can take it he was serving in Dubai and had come home after 2 years.