SRINAGAR, MAY 7: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the highest anti-corruption body in Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday claimed to have apprehended Naib Tehsildar, Khrew, in Pulwama district and a Selection Grade Police Constable working as his clerk, on graft charges.
According to an official statement, statement, the J&K Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint against Naib Tehsildar, Khrew, alleging therein that he is demanding Rs 10,000 from complainant through his clerk namely Ajaz Ahmad for settlement of a dispute regarding his ancestral land at village Sathpokhran.
According to the complaint, the complainant approached the Tehsil Office Khrew several times for settlement of the dispute, but the Naib Tehsildar didn’t budge.
Rather the complainant has been harassed through notices issued by the said Naib Tehsildar, it added.
“The complainant approached ACB for taking necessary action against the said Naib-Tehsildar and his clerk namely Aijaz Ahmed. On receipt of the complaint, a case under FIR number 02/2024 under section 7 PC Act 1988 was registered at PS ACB Anantnag and investigation taken up,” the statement said.
During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught the accused Maqbool Hussain Dar R/o Nooripor, Pattan presently posted as Naib Tehsildar, Khrew, District Pulwama red handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs 10,000 from the complainant.
The Selection Grade Constable Ajaz Ahmad, attached with the Naib Tehsildar was also arrested for facilitating the commission of offence, the statement said, adding that further investigation into the case is going on.