Court grants seven-day police remand of Tehsildar Bahu

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JAMMU: Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu Tahir Khursheed Raina on Tuesday granted seven days police remand of Rohit Sharma, Tehsildar Bahu who was arrested by ACB in a trap case.
Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu Tahir Khursheed Raina after perusal of CD file, observed that investigation is at initial stage and granted seven days police remand.
on November 14, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Tehsildar Jammu City South (Bahu) Rohit Sharma red handed while accepting bribe.
It is alleged that Rohit Sharma had demanded Rs 50,000 from a person in lieu of issuing fard.
After apprehending Tehsildar Rohit Sharma, the ACB team not only raided his office but also at his house and collected evidence from there.
According to the information received from ACB, a person living in R S Pura had bought land in City South. When he went to Tehsildar Bahu to transfer this land in his name, Tehsildar Rohit Sharma asked him for Rs one lakh rupees. A deal was settled at Rs 50 thousand rupees.. The complainant, meanwhile, approached the ACB and lodged a complaint against Rohit for demanding bribe.