ACB Arrests Govt Official for Accepting Bribe

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau acquired a written criticism from a Machhedi resident in District Kathua, alleging that Gulshan Singh, a Patwari in Halqa Machhedi, Kathua, demanded a bribe of Rs 5000 for issuing Virsati Intqal mutations and a authorized inheritor certificates.

The complainant utilized by the web portal of the income division and met with the Patwari to request the paperwork. Initially, the Patwari acquired an advance cost of Rs 2000 after which demanded an extra Rs 3000 from the complainant for finishing the issuance course of.

“Primarily based on the preliminary findings indicating an offence punishable underneath Part 7 of the PC Act 1988, the Anti-Corruption Bureau registered Case FIR No. 02/2023 at Police Station ACB Central and initiated an investigation. A lure workforce was shaped through the investigation, which efficiently caught the accused Patwari red-handed whereas demanding and accepting the bribe quantity of Rs 3000 within the presence of unbiased witnesses. Following the completion of all authorized formalities, he was arrested on the spot,” reads a press release.

After the arrest, searches have been performed on the accused Patwari’s residential home. The investigation into the case is ongoing.