SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wedneaday is said to have trapped and arrested Senior Accountant, SIDCO, Khunmoh, Srinagar for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.
Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that a public servant namely Mohammad Yaseen Sheikh, Senior Accountant, SIDCO, Khunmoh, Srinagar is demanding Rs 20,000 as a bribe for processing the case of the complainant of supplementary partnership deed, a spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency KNO.
However, after negotiation the amount was settled as Rs 15,000, the spokesman said, adding that the complainant chose not to pay the bribe and instead approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servant as provided under law.
"On receipt of the complaint, discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand by the public servant concerned and accordingly a case under FIR number 18/2024 under section 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in Police Station ACB Srinagar and an investigation was taken up," the statement reads.
During the course of the investigation, a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught the accused public servant red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe amount of Rs 15,000 from the complainant.
He was arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in the presence of independent witnesses associated with the trap team, it reads, adding that further investigation of the instant case is going on.
This post first appeared on The Kashmir Pulse
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