Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 22: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested a Patwari in Halqa Kulbugh, Khansahib, Badgam for accepting a bribe of Rs 5000.
The ACB said that the instant case was registered on the complaint that Irshad Ahmad Dar, Patwari Halqa Kulbugh, Khansahib, Badgam was demanding Rs. 5000 as a bribe for providing/issuing Fard Intikhab (revenue extracts) of land in favour of the complainant.
“Immediately, on receipt of this complaint, Case FIR No.19/2020 in PS ACB Srinagar U/S 7 Prevention of Corruption Act was registered. A team was constituted to lay a trap. The Patwari was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 5000 from the complainant,” the ACB said.
It said that further investigation of the case is going on.
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