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| J&K ACB traps and arrests Patwari Poonch for demanding and accepting bribe of ₹5000 | |
Jammu, June 13 (Scoop News)-Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint alleging therein that complainant was in need of revenue record i.e. attested copies of Khasra Girdwari of his land situated in Village Dhara for which he already applied via online mode on 26.04.2025 but Patwari Mohd. Jameel was demanding bribe for providing the attested copies of the same.
Since, the complainant didn’t want to pay bribe and he approached Anti-Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servants under law.
On receipt of the complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand of bribe by the public servant and accordingly, a case FIR No. 02/2025 U/S 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered in Police Station ACB Rajouri and investigation taken up.
During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and accused public servant was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of ₹5,000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witnesses. The accused person was arrested on the spot by the ACB team after following due process of law. Subsequently, search was also conducted in the residential house the accused Mohd. Jameel, Patwari situated at Poonch.
Further investigation of the instant case is going on.
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