Rajouri, Aug 8: Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday arrested a Junior Assistant posted in the Rajouri Revenue Office after he was caught red-handed accepting a ₹4,000 bribe from a local resident seeking land registration.
In a statement issued here to news agency Kashmir News Corner — KNC, ACB received a complaint alleging therein that complainant has to register 03 marlas of land in his name in the office of ACR Rajouri for which he had submitted the file with the concerned clerk having additional charge of Jr. Asstt. Sub Registar Rajouri namely Umar Nawaz but he demanded bribe of ₹15,000 for the same. Subsequently, the said demand was negotiated to ₹4,000.
Statement reads, Since the complainant is a poor person and did not want to give illegal gratification to the above named Junior Assistant/Clerk, he approached ACB for taking legal action against the accused public servant. Accordingly, case FIR no. 04/2025 u/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) was registered in ACB Police Station Rajouri and investigation taken up.
During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught the accused public servant Umar Nawaz S/o Naseer Hussain R/o Saaz, Tehsil Thanamandi presently posted as Jr. Assistant in the office of Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Rajouri (Nazir Section) with additional charge of Jr. Asstt. Sub-Registrar, Rajouri red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of ₹4000, it reads.
The accused was arrested on the spot by the ACB team after following due process of law. The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses associated with the trap team, it reads.
Subsequently, searches were also conducted in the residential house of the accused at Thanamandi, Rajouri.
Further investigation of the instant case is going on, reads the statement. (KNC)
