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CBI arrests employee among 3 persons in bribe case

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UDHAMPUR: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested three persons, including a revenue department official, for demanding and accepting a bribe in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said.
The CBI registered a case based on a complaint against a property dealer from Jib village in Udhampur, alleging that the dealer was demanding a bribe of Rs 40,000 on behalf of a patwari for the issuance of a revenue extract of a property being purchased by the complainant’s father, said a CBI spokesman.
The CBI laid a trap and the property dealer, a middleman, and the Patwari were caught in a relay-trap operation, he added.
The dealer was caught red-handed first while demanding and accepting the bribe from the complainant. During further proceedings, a middleman was apprehended while accepting the bribe from the property dealer.
Subsequently, the patwari was also apprehended while accepting the bribe from the middleman, the spokesman said.

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