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| Tehsildar, office clerk arrested for accepting Rs. 1.2 lakhs as bribe | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 3: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped and arrested Majid Choudhary, Tehsildar, Pantha Chowk and his clerk red-handed while demanding Rs. 1.61 lakhs and accepting Rs. 1.20 lakh bribe as first instalment for issuance of revenue records.
The ACB received a written complaint, alleging therein that Tehsildar Pantha Chowk, Srinagar and his office clerk Peer Waseem Ahmad are demanding Rs. 1.61 lakhs as bribe for issuing the revenue records in favour of the complainant.
The complainant pleaded for justice and the duo officers settled that bribe amount be paid in instalments and asked the complainants to pay Rs. 1.20 lakhs as 1st instalment. However, before paying the bribe amount to the accused persons, the complainants approached before ACB for taking legal action against the accused public servants under law.
On receipt of the complaint FIR 32/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 r/w 120-B IPC was registered at PS ACB Srinagar and investigation was taken up. During the course of investigation a trap team constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Tehsildar, Pantha Chowk, Srinagar and his office clerk while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs. 1.20 lakhs from the complainant as first instalment of Rs. 1.61 lakhs.
They were arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The official vehicle JK01AL 8277 (Bolero) used by the duo for accepting bribe was also seized by the ACB. The bribe money was also recovered from their possession in presence of independent witnesses. Subsequently searches were carried out at different locations associated with the accused(s). |
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