Srinagar, Jan 16: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has arrested two public servants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district for accepting bribe.
Officials said that the CBI has arrested two public servants, one Patwari (Revenue Clerk) of the Revenue Department and one Chowkidar at Halqa Soaf Shali area in Kokernag of Anantnag district while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant.
“The CBI registered the case immediately on January 15, 2026, against the accused Patwari. It was alleged that the accused public servant demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 for demarcation of land of the complainant.”
“The CBI laid a trap on January 15, 2026, and caught the accused Patwari along with the middleman Chowkidar, another public servant, red-handed while accepting the bribe amount of Rs 15,000 from the complainant,” officials added.
“The aforesaid accused persons have been arrested. Further investigation is under way,” officials said. (Agencies)
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