Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: J&K's anti-corruption body trapped a senior officer of Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited (SICOP) in Shopian district while allegedly taking bribe.
Officials said Deputy General Manager, SICOP Shopian, Mohammad Ayub Ganai was arrested following a complaint by a business unit holder.
The ACB received a complaint from a Shopian resident saying that he had a business unit at industrial estate Gagran Shopian in the name of his father and despite that one kanal of land was allotted to him 2009, he was only in possession of 11 marlas of land.
These nine marlas, he said, were encroached by a third person and Deputy Commissioner Shopian had even asked SICOP authorities to ensure the possession of the encroached land to the unit holder. The SICOP was also requested by the unit holder for police protection.
However, when the complaint approached the DGM Ganai, he allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000.
"Later it was negotiated at Rs 8000," the complaint said.
"After the complaint, a case was registered in police station ACB Anantnag and Ganai was trapped while taking bribe," an ACB official said. |
