Srinagar, July 17: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped and arrested Tehsildar Shalteng, Srinagar and Naib Tehsildar, Batamaloo while reportedly demanding ₹5 lakh and accepting ₹2 lakh bribe as 1st instalment in a bribery case.
According to an official statement issued to the media today, Anti Corruption Bureau said it received a written complaint alleging therein that Tehsildar and Naib-Tehsildar of Tehsil Office Shalteng are demanding ₹5 lakh as bribe for allowing the complaints to run their business on Nazool land transferred in their favour under Roshni Act (The Act which has been recently declared ultravirus) at Rampur, Chattabal Srinagar, while the matter is sub-judice and pending disposal before the Hon’ble Court of law.
“The complainants pleaded for justice and both the revenue officers demanded bribe of ₹5 lakh for allowing them to run their business on the said land. The amount of bribe was settled to be paid in instalments. As first instalment, the complainants were asked to pay ₹2 lakh”, the statement added.
However, before paying the bribe amount to the accused persons, the complainants approached Anti Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servants under law.
“On receipt of the complaint Case FIR No. 29/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 r/w 120-B IPC was registered in this Bureau and investigation was taken up. During the course of investigation a trap team constituted”, ACB said, adding “the team laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Naib Tehsildar, Shalteng while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of ₹2 lakh from the complainant as first instalment of ₹5 lakh. The bribe money was recovered from the possession of the accused Naib Tehsildar, Batmaloo in presence of independent witness. Tehsildar Shalteng was also arrested by the ACB team.
Later the searches were carried out at the residences and officials quarters of the alleged accused Public Servants, subsequent to the searches at Tehsil office, Shalteng. Further investigation into the case is going on.
