Srinagar, Mar 10: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said it trapped and arrested a Patwari of Halqa Batmaloo in Srinagar red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for issuing revenue extracts in favour of a complainant’s relative.
In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a spokesperson said Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that Patwari Halqa Batmaloo Srinagar namely Saffdar Hussain Mir is demanding rupees 10,000 as bribe in lieu of issuance of revenue extracts in favour of a relative of the complainant and was asked to be paid today in order to receive the requisite documents.
He said, unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached ACB and submitted a written complaint requesting legal action against the accused public servants.
“Upon receipt of the complaint, a pre-trap verification was conducted, which established the demand of bribe, accordingly a Case FIR No.05/2026 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered at ACB PS Srinagar and investigation was taken up.”
He further said, during the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught the accused public servant Saffdar Hussain, Patwari, Halq Batamaloo red-handed while demanding and accepting rupees 10,000 as bribe from the complainant. The accused was taken into custody after completing all Medico-Legal formalities. Further investigation of the instant case is going on.—(KNO)