Jammu Tawi, Dec 03: The ACB and the CBI, Jammu today arrested a total of 5 government employees at Jammu and Udhampur in separate bribery cases.
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday trapped and arrested a revenue department official from Jammu and his agent for accepting bribe of Rs 4,000.
As claimed by it, the ACB received a complaint, wherein the complainant alleged that he has purchased seven marla of land in Pooja Colony (Thather) Bantalab, Jammu and got the same registered from competent authority and he has deposited Rs 1000 for mutation of the said land in North Tehsil Office, Jammu.
“The complainant further alleged that he had handed over all the documents to the Patwari concerned for the mutation of said land in his name. The Patwari namely Munish Singh Charak demanded Rs 4000 as bribe from the complainant for the mutation.”
“Upon receiving the instant complaint prima facie offence under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 was found made out and consequently case under FIR number 14/2021 was registered at P/S ACB Jammu.”
Subsequently, a trap team was constituted whereupon the accused Patwari namely Munish Singh Charak along with his agent (tout) namely Ashif Choudhary, son of Mohammad Hussain of Bantalab, Jammu was caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 4000 from the complainant, it said, adding that both the accused were arrested on the spot and search was also conducted at the house of accused public servant.
“Further investigation in the case is going on,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday arrested Superintending Engineer; a Technical Officer and a Junior Engineer, all of PWD (R&B), Circle Udhampur-Reasi, Udhampur (J&K) on the allegations of demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from the complainant.
A case was registered on complaint against the accused on the allegations of demanding for bribe.
“It was alleged that complainant's firm was awarded tender for construction of Medical Sub-Centre in District Reasi during 2017-18 and complainant executed some part of project.”
It was further alleged that Superintending Engineer, PWD (R&B), Circle Udhampur – Reasi demanded bribe of Rs. 3 lakh from the complainant for processing the file related to technical sanction of the said project, the statement further reads.
“CBI laid a trap and caught the Junior Engineer while demanding & accepting part bribe of Rs. 1.5 lakh from the complainant allegedly on behalf of Superintending Engineer, on the instructions of Technical Officer. Later, the Superintending Engineer, PWD (R&B) and Technical Officer were also caught. Searches were conducted at the office & residential premises of the accused at Jammu, Udhampur and Srinagar.”
All the arrested accused is being produced today before the Court of Special Judge, CBI cases, Jammu, it said.
