Pakistan has launched a probe into the alleged fraudulent sale of a house belonging to the Indian High Commission to a local businessman, police officials said on Sunday.Tariq Jameel, DIG of police, told Reuters that the Indian High Commission lodged a complaint this week that the former residence of its consul-general had been sold without its knowledge.The residence has been vacant since 1994 when Pakistan ordered the closure of India’s mission in Karachi.Since then, the building housing the mission and several other houses belonging to the Indian government have remained vacant as relations between the neighbours deteriorated.‘‘We have asked for the ownership papers from the Indian authorities and have launched an inquiry,’’ Jameel said.Another senior official said a sugar mill owner paid 40 million rupees for the building. ‘‘We are trying to determine who sold it. It is a big scandal,’’ the official said without giving details. (Reuters)
