Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Mar 27: Two Government officials, a Forester and a Forest Guard were arrested after they were caught red-handed by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), taking bribe in Rajouri district on Friday.
The two were caught after the ACB laid a trap following a complaint by a local alleging that Forester Ajaz Ahmed and Forest Guard- Mohd Zaman posted in Kandi Range of Rajouri Forest Division had demanded money to allow him to construct a septic tank and an underground water tank near his house, an ACB official said.
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On March 13, he said Zaman visited the complainant and stopped him from the digging work, on the pretext that the land falls under the forest department.
The complainant told him that was his own land, but he did not agree, an ACB official said, adding that the official demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 for the approval of the work.
Due to fear and pressure, the complainant was forced to pay Rs 30,000, which was transferred on the spot to the account given by the Forest Guard and the forester. However, the duo, even after receiving the money, kept on threatening and harassing the complainant to pay Rs 10,000 more.
Later, the complainant approached and lodged a complaint at Police Station ACB Rajouri, leading to the arrest of the two officials with bribe money of Rs 7,000.
Searches were conducted in the residential house of the accused persons in Rajouri, the official added.
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