Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 19: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested a JKAS officer red-handed while accepting a bribe.
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The officer has been identified as Sarfaraz Ahmad Bhat, posted as State Sales Tax Officer at the Silk Factory office in Solina here.
An official said that he was caught while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
Following the complaint, CBI teams set up a trap and caught the officer in his office.
“The officer was taken into custody immediately after the transaction, and the bribe money was recovered from him,” the official added.
The official said that he was recently posted as Sales Tax Officer at the Silk Factory office in Solina. He was earlier posted in Shopian wherefrom he was shifted on the basis of similar complaints. A case has been registered in this regard, and further investigation is underway.
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