Tehsildar, his clerk held while accepting bribe of Rs 1.20 lakh in J&K

Anti Corruption on Wednesday said to have arrested a Tehsildar and his clerk in Srinagar, for accepting a bribe of 1.20 lac rupees, out of demanded 1.61 lac rupees, in lieu for issuance of revenue records.

“Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint, alleging therein that Majid Choudhary, Tehsildar Panthachowk, Srinagar and his office clerk Peer Waseem Ahmad are demanding ? 1.61 Lakh as bribe for issuing the revenue records in favour of the complainant.

“The complainant pleaded for justice and the duo officers settled that bribe amount be paid in installments and asked the complainants to pay rupees 1.20 as 1st installment. However, before paying the bribe amount to the accused persons, the complainants approached the Anti Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servants under law”, maintains the statement.

“On receipt of the complaint Case FIR No. 32/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 r/w 120-B IPC was registered at PS ACB Srinagar and investigation was taken up.

During the course of investigation a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Majid Choudhary, Tehsildar, Panthachowk, Srinagar and his office Clerk Peer Waseem Ahmad while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of rupees 1.20 Lakh from the complainant as first installment of rupees 1.61 Lakh. They were arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The official vehicle JK01AL 8277 (Bolero) used by the duo for accepting bribes was also seized by the ACB. The bribe money was also recovered from their possession in presence of independent witnesses. Subsequently searches were carried out at different locations associated with the accused(s)”, the statement reads adding further investigation into the case is going on.