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JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested mineral supervisor of Geology and Mining Department for accepting and demanding bribe of Rs 15000 from a person.
“ACB received a written complaint alleging therein that Basharat Habib, Mineral Supervisor in the Geology & Mining Department, was demanding a bribe for allowing the lifting of minor minerals (sand),” an official said adding that on receipt of the complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand of bribe by the public servant concerned and accordingly, a case FIR No. 11/2025 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended) was registered in Police Station ACB Srinagar and investigation was taken up.
During the course of investigation, official said, a trap team was constituted which laid a successful trap and accused public servant was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs 15,000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witnesses.
The accused was taken into custody on the spot, official added.
It is pertinent to mention here that just two days earlier, another official of the same department was caught red-handed by ACB while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in the Safapora area, official said adding that further investigation of the instant case is going on.
