Srinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two forest officials for demanding and accepting a bribe od Rs. 10,000.
A spokesman of the Bureau said that ACB received a complaint alleging therein that Sohail Unis Shikari, Range Officer, Kokernag, Anantnag is demanding bribe of Rs 22,000 through Forest Guard Ghulam Mohd. Naikoo for processing the file of the complainant for allotment of timber Kairoo (Kair) for construction purposes and the complainant managed Rs 10,000 and approached ACB for legal action against the corrupt officials.
“The contents of complaint prima facie disclosed the commission of offence punishable U/S 7 of the PC Act 1988 by public servants namely Sohail Unis Shikari, Range Officer and Ghulam Mohd. Naikoo, Forest Guard, Kokernag, Anantnag. Accordingly a Case FIR No. 10/2022 was registered in Police Station Anti Corruption Bureau, Anantnag and the investigation started,” said the spokesman.
He said that after registration of the case, a trap team was constituted which caught the accused forest while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000 from the complainant. He was arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses.
Sohail Unis Shikari, Range officer, Kokernag, Anantnag was also arrested by the ACB team, the spokesman further said, adding, further investigation in the case is going on.
