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| SVO produces challan against Agriculture Deptt, official | | Saffron Mission bribery case | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 28: The Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation today produced a challan in the court of special Judge anticorruption here against an official of Agriculture Department for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 6000.
The Challan was produced against Mohammad Ashraf Mir S/o Ghulam Mohammad Mir R/o Gundipora, Pulwama, the then Agriculture Extension Worker, (R-e-Z), Sub Division Kakapora, Pulwama in the Court of Special Judge Anti Corruption Srinagar in case FIR No. 26/2012 P/S-VOK, said the official spokesperson of the SVO.
Giving details of the case he said the case was registered on receipt of a written complaint lodged by Ghulam Qadir Bhat S/o Wali Mohammad Bhat R/o Jageer Parigam, Pulwama on 28.09.2012 wherein it was alleged that Government has recently launched "Saffron Mission" for providing cultivation of Saffron where-under farmers were given an amount of Rs.25000/- per Kanal of Land, under the scheme.
"The complainant also cultivated saffron on two Kanals of land, under the scheme. The complainant had alleged that in order to process his case the accused official was demanding Rs.15,000/- as bribe. On the basis of said complaint case FIR No.26/2012 was registered in P/S VOK and investigation was set into motion", he added.
"During the course of investigation the accused Agriculture Extension Worker was caught red handed while demanding and accepting an amount of Rs.6000 from the complainant in presence of independent witnesses, The investigation of the case was concluded as proved and the government accorded sanction for launching prosecution against the suspect. The challan was produced in the court of special Judge Anti-corruption, Kashmir, Srinagar on 28 .06.2013", he said. |
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