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| ACB arrests Field Supervisor for accepting bribe of Rs. 17,000 | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 28: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped and arrested Manzoor Ahmad, Field Supervisor, JK SC, ST & OBC Development Corporation, Baramulla for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 17,000
ACB received a complaint against the Field Supervisor for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs. 15,000 and demanding bribe of Rs. 4,000 from complainant for processing his loan case. The complainant alleged that he is running a Kiryana shop at old Town Baramulla and to expand his business about six months ago he had applied for loan under the scheme from SC, ST & OBC Development Corporation Baramulla. The interest rate for the said loan is 6 percent for which he was eligible. He fulfilled all the required formalities for sanction of his loan. The concerned field Supervisor and district officer were not sanctioning loan in favour of the complainant.
Recently, the complainant again visited the said office for sanctioning of loan, the field supervisor again demanded bribe of Rs. 4,000. Manzoor told him that new district officer has joined and he will not sanction the loan without bribe money. The complainant requested the field supervisor that as he had already borrowed money for giving bribe of Rs. 15,000.
On this the field supervisor told him to pay Rs. 2,000 more instead of Rs. 4000. Under these circumstances the complainant approached the ACB and requested for taking necessary legal action against the accused public servant for taking bribe of Rs. 15,000 and demanding more bribe of Rs. 2000.
Accordingly on receipt of the complaint which prima facie disclosed commission of offences under U/s 7 of the P.C Act 1988 (as amended in 2018) a case FIR No 22/2022 was registered at PS ACB Baramulla against the accused person and investigations were started. Immediately after registration of the case a trap team headed by DySP rank officer and independent witnesses was constituted. The team caught the accused red handed while demanding and accepting bribe from the complainant at Baramulla. He was arrested on spot after completing all legal formalities for further questioning and ascertaining the role other persons. Searches were also conducted at the residence of the accused. |
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