SRINAGAR — The Special Court in Srinagar Wednesday granted six days custody of Tehsildar Panthachowk, Majid Choudhary to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a corruption trap case.
The accused Tehsildar who was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe on Tuesday, along with his another aide was produced before the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir, Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon.
The Court presided over by C.L Boleria observed that allegations against the accused Majid Chowdhary (Tehsildar Panthachowk) and his clerk Peer Waseem are that he demanded bribe of Rs 1,61,000 from the complainant in lieu of revenue extracts, out of which Rs. 1,20,000 was to be paid to them on 2 August 2022.
Accordingly, a trap was laid and the accused persons while demanding and accepting the bribe money were arrested at government quarters Tulsibagh and bribe money was recovered from the dashboard of their Bolero vehicle (Official),” the Court observed.
Earlier, Special Public Prosecutor Wajahat submitted before court that the investigation of the case is in its initial stage and the custody of the accused to police custody for custodial interrogation is required.
He further submitted that sufficient material has been collected by the Investigating Officer during investigation regarding the involvement of accused in corruption.
After hearing prosecution and accused Tehsildar, the Court according to news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that remand application is accepted and accused Tehsildar Majid Choudhary who are reported physically and mentally fit for custody by the doctors of police hospital, are remanded to police custody for a period of six days.
The Court also directed the Investigating Officer to get COVID19 test of the accused done strictly as per COVID 19 SOP and to produce the accused before the court again after the expiry of remand granted. — (KDC)