Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Jan 3: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today caught a Tehsil Office clerk red-handed while accepting Rs 2,000 bribe for erasing a detention record.
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According to the ACB, it received a written complaint from an individual who alleged that after being detained under preventive action under Section 126/170 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS) on the orders of a First Class Executive Magistrate at the Tehsil Office Central, Shalteng, a clerk identified as Laiq Ahmad Nath demanded illegal gratification for erasing the detention record.
“The accused clerk, deputed at the Tehsil Office Central, Shalteng, demanded Rs 2,000 as bribe for removing the complainant’s detention record from the official registers,” the bureau said.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the ACB Srinagar and submitted a written complaint, seeking legal action against the accused public servant under relevant provisions of law.
The ACB said that upon receipt of the complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which confirmed the demand for bribe.
Subsequently, an FIR bearing No. 01/2026 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, was registered at Police Station ACB Srinagar, and investigation was taken up.
During the course of the investigation, a trap team was constituted, which successfully caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 2,000 from the complainant.
“After completing all necessary medico-legal formalities, the accused public servant was taken into custody. Further investigation in the case is underway,” the ACB added.
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