| ACB arrests Assistant Engineer, RDD Block Pahalgam for accepting bribe of Rs. 5,000 | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 1: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped and arrested Shakeel Ahmad Dar, Assistant Engineer, Rural Development Department, Block Pahalgam, Anantnag for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 5,000 for processing the bills of Rs. 98,776
ACB received a complainant alleging that Shakeel is demanding bribe of Rs. 5,000 from complainant for processing the pending bill of Rs. 98,776. The complainant alleged that he is contractor by profession and he has done the work under MGNREGA scheme titled as "R/Wall Nazir Merisi to Qasim bokad via Ghulam Rasool bokad at Gowass" amount of work Rs. 98,776, but the said engineer is demanding Rs. 5,000 from him as bribe.
On receipt of the complaint, FIR 05/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in PS ACB Anantnag and investigation taken up. During the course of investigation a trap team constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught red handed the Engineer while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 5,000 from complainant. He was arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses. |
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