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| ACB arrests Executive Engineer PDA for receiving bribe | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 30: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped and arrested Farooq Ahmad Rather, Executive Engineer, Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000 for processing file which was pending while posted as Assistant Executive Engineer, Rural Development Department, Achabal, Anantnag
The ACB received a complaint alleging that the Executive Engineer, PDA is demanding bribe of Rs. 10,000 @ 3 percent for the MGNREGA bills costing Rs. 1.49 lacs and demanding 1.5 percent share of Rs. 4.25 lakhs approx. for already executed and released capex works bills in block Achabal.
The complainants alleged that he is contractor by profession, and had done the work under MGNREGA scheme but the said engineer is demanding bribe for processing the file for release of payment @ 3 percent for the MGNREGA bills costing Rs. 1.49 lacs and demanding 1.5 percent share of Rs. 4.25 lakhs approx. for already executed and released capex works bills in block Achabal.
Upon receiving the instant complaint, prima facie offence U/S 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 was found made out. Consequently, case FIR No. 08/2022 was registered in PS ACB Anantnag and investigation taken-up. During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted.
The team caught red handed the Executive Engineer, PDA while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs. 10,000 from the 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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