jj correspondent
Jammu, Jul 25: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said to have trapped and arrested Ashok Kumar, Patwari, Patwar Halqa Batote for demanding & accepting bribe of Rs 40,000. “Jammu & Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau, received a complaint alleging therein that the complainant want to register his name on ancestral land after the death of his father. In this regard, complainant applied for registration of virasati intiqal on ancestral land and the concerned Patwari namely Ashok Kumar has demanded bribe of Rs 50,000 for registration of Virasati Intiqal and after negotiation, he agreed on Rs 40,000,” a spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency. “Since the complainant didn’t want to pay the bribe and he approached ACB for taking legal action against the accused public servant under law. On receipt of complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand of bribe by the public servant concerned. Accordingly, case FIR No.04/2025 U/S 7 of PC Act 1988 (as amended in 2018) against accused public servant was registered at PS ACB Doda and investigation taken-up,” the statement reads.
It added that during the course of investigation, a trap team headed by Gazetted Rank Officer was constituted. “The team laid a successful trap and accused Patwari was caught red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe Rs 40,000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witnesses,” it added.
The accused Patwari was arrested on the spot by the ACB team after following the due procedure of law. The bribe money was also recovered in the presence of independent witnesses associated with the trap team, the statement reads, adding that further investigation of the instant case is going on-(KNO)
