JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday booked a revenue officer for allegedly holding assets disproportionate to his income, officials said. The ACB is probing the officer’s acquisition of disproportionate assets, which include a double-storey palatial house, significant bank account balance, large expenditures incurred during functions, and other movable assets in […]
ANANTNAG — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday said to have trapped and arrested Patwari Halqa Fatehpora, District Anantnag for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5,000 for issuing revenue records. As per a statement issued here, J&K Anti Corrupting Bureau received a complaint alleging therein that Mohammad Ayoub Hajam, Patwari, Halqa Fatehpora is demanding Rs […]
JAMMU — J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday continued raids at the offices of five Patwaris (Revenue Clerks) in Jammu district in connection with a major land scam unearthed recently by the bureau. Officials said that the raids are being carried out in Bhalwal and surrounding areas in Jammu district. “These raids started yesterday and […]
SRINAGAR — ACB J&K arrested a cashier in the office of Executive Engineer, KPDCL sub transmission division Sopore red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 9000 for release of security deposit of a complainant. In a statement, a spokesperson said that ACB received a complaint against Mohd Shafi Bhat senior assistant-cum-cashier in the […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday apprehended and arrested Inspector Azim Iqbal, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Pantha Chowk, Srinagar for demanding bribe. A top officer told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that ACB acted on a complaint and set a trap to catch Inspector Azim Iqbal in the act […]
JAMMU — The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday registered an FIR against Hilal Rather, son of former Jammu and Kashmir minister Abdul Rahim Rather, in connection with alleged irregularities in granting permission for the construction of an IT park in Jammu. A former vice chairman and former Chief Town Planner (CTP) of the Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-graft body of Jammu & Kashmir Police has booked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and a serving senior bureaucrat among seven people for allegedly encroaching Custodian land in convenience with revenue officials in summer capital Srinagar. According to an FIR copy accessed by Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com a preliminary enquiry of […]
JAMMU — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday charged four people, including two revenue officials, under the Prevention of Corruption Act for the illegal transfer of a piece of land in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. A case was registered against Balwant Singh, former Tehsildar of Rajouri and Mohd Rafiq, former Patwari of Rehtal, along […]
SRINAGAR — ACB traps and arrested a Patwari for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 3000 for issuance of Virasati Intqal and legal heir certificate in Kathua district on Friday. In a statement, a spokesperson said that ACB received a written complaint from a resident of Machhedi alleging that Gulshan Singh, Patwari, Halqa Machhedi is […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday said to have registered a case against the then President, two officials of Municipal Committee, Thanamandi and others for misappropriation of funds. A statement reads that ACB registered a case under FIR number 01/2024 at Police Station ACB Rajouri under section 5(1)(c) )(d) r/w section 5(2) of Prevention […]