Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two Revenue Department officials for bribery, an official statement from the anti-graft body informed Thursday.
It said Ayaz Ahmad Hurra, Girdawar, Chatabal, Srinagar and Rafiq Ahmad, Lumberdar, Halqa Habakadal, were arrested red-handed while demanding and accepting bribes of ₹20,000.
ACB said that Hurra, who is holding additional charge of Patwari Halqa Habakadal and Halqa Shivpora, had demanded ₹50,000 as bribe in lieu of issuance of revenue extracts required for sale deed of an old house located at Mandir Bagh, Srinagar.
The complainant had already paid ₹30,000 a few days ago and remaining ₹20,000 was asked to be paid today in order to receive the requisite documents. The bribe demand was communicated through Lamberdar (tout) Rafiq Ahmad who was acting in connivance with the Girdawar, ACB said.
After registering a case in this regard, ACB constituted a trap team which caught the accused public servants – Girdawar Ayaz Ahmad Hurra, red-handed while demanding and accepting ₹20,000 as bribe from the complainant through Mohammad Rafiq Sheikh, Lumberdar.
After completing all legal formalities, both the accused public servants were taken into custody. Further investigation of the instant case is going on, ACB said.
