Nidae KashmirSrinagar, June 30 : The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested a revenue official (Patwari) in Kathua district while accepting a bribe of ₹30,000 in a trap operation conducted after a formal complaint was filed regarding demand for illegal gratification.
In a statement issued here to news agency JKNS reads, ACB received a complaint alleging therein that public servant namely Liaquat Ali, Patwari, Patwar Halqa Thuthay Chak Tehsil Hiranagar, District Kathua, demanded illegal gratification from the complainant for attestation of mutation.
The accused had demanded a bribe of ₹1,00,000 from the complainant for entering the name of his wife in the mutation register. After negotiation, the accused has agreed to take bribe amount of ₹70,000 from the complainant in two installments, it reads.
Complainant arranged ₹30,000 as bribe money as 1st installment for payment to the said Patwari. Since, the complainant didn’t want to pay bribe
