Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 18: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested Tehsildar Shalteng and Naib-tehsildar Batamaloo in Srinagar district for bribery.
“Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that Mohammad Younis, Tehsildar and Ghulam Rasool Hajam, Naib-Tehsildar of Tehsil Office Shalteng are demanding Rs 5 lakh as bribe for allowing the complaints to run their business on Nazool land transferred in their favour under Roshni Act (The Act which has been recently declared ultra vires) at Rampur, Chattabal Srinagar, while the matter is sub-judice and pending disposal before the Court of law”, the ACB said in a statement.
The spokesman said that the complainants pleaded for justice and both the Revenue officers demanded a bribe of Rs 5 lakh for allowing them to run their business on the said land.
“The amount of bribe was settled to be paid in installments. As first installment, the complainants were asked to pay Rs 2 lakh. However, before paying the bribe amount to the accused persons, the complainants approached Anti Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servants under law,” reads the statement.
“On receipt of the complaint Case FIR No. 29/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 r/w 120-B IPC was registered in this Bureau and investigation was taken up. During the course of investigation a trap team constituted”, the statement read.
The ACB laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Ghulam Rasool Hajam, Naib Tehsildar, Shalteng while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant as first instalment of Rs 5 lakh.
The bribe money was recovered from the possession of the accused Ghulam Rasool Hajam, Naib Tehsildar, in presence of independent witnesses. Mohammad Younis Bangroo, Tehsildar Shalteng was also arrested by the ACB team”, the statement added.
“Later the searches were carried out at the residences and official quarters of the alleged accused public servants, subsequent to the searches at Tehsil office, Shalteng”, it read.
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