Bribery Case: Court grants 5-day remand of Corporator Jyoti Devi, husband Sham Lal

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JAMMU: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Ritesh Dubey granted five-day remand of Jyoti Devi, Corporator, Ward number 53 (Trikuta Nagar) of Jammu Municipal Corporation and her husband Sham Lal who were arrested by Anticorruption Bureau while accepting bribe of Rs 10,000.

The ACB had received a complaint from a Contractor who was allotted contract work for upgradation of the open area along the main road near Master Mind Classes by Pre-cast of paver tiles and upgradation of open area along main road near ‘Easy day’ at Ward No: 53, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.

The contractor had completed construction of allotted work and final payment of the same was pending with JMC Division IV. For making final payment there is a requirement of mulba clearance certificate from the concerned Corporator, for which the contractor approached Jyoti Devi, BJP Corporator of Ward No. 53, who demanded an amount of Rs 10,000 as bribe for issuance of mulba clearance certificate of the works done by him. She also asked the complainant to contact her husband for payment of bribe money. Upon receiving the complaint, FIR 10/2022 P/S ACB-J U/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and 120-B IPC was registered at Police Station ACB-Jammu and a trap team was constituted. The trap team caught Sham Lal red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 on behalf of his wife Jyoti Devi from the complainant. Both the accused persons were taken into custody on the spot. Searches at the residential house of the accused persons were also conducted.