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PULWAMA: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped and arrested Maqbool Hussain Dar, Naib Tehsildar Khrew, Pulwama for accepting and demanding Rs 10,000 bride.
A Selection grade Constable (SgCT) Ajaz Ahmad was also arrested for facilitating the offence,
According to a statement, J&K Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint against Naib Tehsildar, Khrew, District Pulwama alleging therein that he was demanding Rs 10,000 from complainant through his clerk namely Ajaz Ahmad for settlement of dispute of ancestral land at village Sathpokhran, Khrew Pulwama,
The complainant approached the Tehsil Office Khrew several times for settlement of the dispute, but the Naib Tehsildar didn’t budge. Moreover the complainant had been harassed through Notices by the Naib Tehsildar. The complainant approached ACB for taking necessary action against the Naib-Tehsildar and his clerk namely Aijaz Ahmed. On receipt of the complaint, a Case FIR No. 02/2024 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered at PS ACB Anantnag and investigation taken up. During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught the accused Maqbool Hussain Dar, resident of Nooripor, Pattan, presently posted as Naib Tehsildar, Khrew, District Pulwama, red handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs 10,000 from the complainant and the Sg Constable Ajaz Ahmad, attached with the Naib Tehsildar was also arrested for facilitating the commission of offence. Further investigation into the case is going on.