Kashmir

ACB files chargesheet against postal assistant in ₹6,500 bribery case in Bandipora

SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against Mudasir Ahmad Najar, a Postal Assistant posted at Sub Post Office Bandipora, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹6,500 for the release of a subsidy under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). According to an ACB statement, a complaint […]

Kashmir

Nine drug peddlers held in Anantnag, Kulgam, Ganderbal; contraband seized

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested nine alleged drug peddlers in separate anti-narcotics operations across Anantnag, Kulgam and Ganderbal districts, recovering charas, heroin-like substances, ganja-like substances and ganja powder, officials said on Tuesday. In Anantnag, police arrested three persons during separate naka-checking operations at Khanabal, Mattan and Nowgam. Around 120 grams of charas […]

Kashmir

ACB arrests agriculture department assistant for taking ₹40,000 bribe in Handwara

HANDWARA — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday arrested a senior assistant posted in the Sub-Division Agriculture Office, Handwara, after allegedly catching him red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹40,000 for the release of a tractor subsidy bill. The accused has been identified as Irshad Ahmad Peer, according to an […]