SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday said it trapped and arrested a clerk of the Tehsil Office Central, Shalteng, Srinagar, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000.
The ACB said it received a written complaint alleging that the complainant had been detained under preventive action under Section 126/170 of the BNSS on the orders of the 1st Class Executive Magistrate, Tehsil Office Central, Shalteng, Srinagar.
According to the complaint, the accused clerk, identified as Laiq Ahmad Nath, a resident of Qamarwari, Srinagar, deputed in the said office, demanded illegal gratification of Rs 2,000 for erasing the complainant’s detention record from official registers.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the ACB Srinagar seeking legal action against the accused public servant.
The ACB said a discreet verification was conducted, which confirmed the demand for bribe. Accordingly, FIR No. 01/2026 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, was registered at Police Station ACB Srinagar, and investigation was taken up.
During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted, which laid a successful trap and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 2,000 from the complainant.
The accused was taken into custody after completing all necessary medico-legal formalities, the ACB said.
Further investigation in the case is underway. — (KIMS)