Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 29: Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped and arrested Patwari Halqa Kathwar, Khansahib, Budgam and his agent while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs one lakh for the mutation of land record.
The accused Patwari, namely Raja Mudasir Ali Khan and his agent Nawaz Hussain Mir were accepting Rs one lakh as bribe for affecting transfer of land in favour of the maternal cousins of the complainant, who lodged a written complaint in the ACB.
During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted by ACB. The team laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Raja Mudasir Ali Khan, Patwari, Halqa Kathwar, Khansahib, Budgam while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs 1,00,000 cash and Rs 90,000 via cheque from the complainant through agent namely Nawaz Hussain Mir, resident of Khanpora Budgam.
The bribe money was recovered from the possession of the accused in presence of independent witness. Accused Raja Mudasir Ali Khan along with agent Nawaz Hussain Mir were arrested on the spot.
During the search of personal vehicle of the accused, Rs 82,000 (cash) was also recovered and seized. Search was also conducted at the house of accused public servant. Further investigation into the case is going on.
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