SRINAGAR: The State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) today registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act against a former law maker, who had demanded and accepted bribe for providing employment to two persons in police department.
An SVO spokesman said the Vigilance Organisation Kashmir (VOK) has registered a Case Under Section 5(1) D read with section 5(2) P C Act Svt 2006 against Mohammad Sultan Ganie Pandit Puri, the then MLC Handwara on communication forwarded by General Administration Department (GAD) to this Organisation on December 10, 2015.
The case was registered on the basis of conclusion arrived by the Sate Accountability Commission (SAC) in a complaint lodged before it by one Sonuallah Mir S/o Abdul Subhan Mir R/o Batagund Handara District Kupwara, in which it was alleged that the then MLC Langate has demanded and accepted Rs 60,000 gratification from the complainant for getting his son and his son-in-law appointed in J&K Police Department. (AGENCIES)
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