ACB arrests engineer of Rural Dev Deptt for accepting bribe

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (J&K ACB) on Friday said that it has trapped and arrested an engineer of Development Block Pahalgam Anantnag of Rural Development Department for demanding and accepting bribe of ₹5000 for processing the bills of ₹ 98,776.
In a statement issued on Friday a spokesperson of J&K ACB said “J&K ACB received a complainant where it was alleged that Shakeel Ahmad Dar, Assistant Engineer, Rural Development Department, Block Pahalgam, Anantnag is demanding bribe of ₹ 5,000 from complainant for processing the pending bill of ₹ 98,776”.
“The complainants alleged that he is contractor by profession and he has done the work under MGNAREGA scheme titled as “ R/Wall Nazir Merisi to Qasim bokad via Gh Rasool bokad at Gowass” amount of work ₹ 98,776”, reads the ACB statement, adding that “the said Engineer is demanding ₹5,000 from him as bribe”.
J&K ACB in its statement further said that on receipt of the complaint, Case FIR No. 05/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in PS ACB Anantnag and investigation taken up.
Stating further that during the course of investigation a trap team was constituted which laid a successful trap and caught red handed Shakeel Ahmad Dar, Assistant Engineer, Rural Development Department, Block Pahalgam, Anantnag while demanding and accepting bribe of ₹5,000 from complainant, J&K ACB in it’s statement said that the accused was arrested on the spot by the ACB team and thde bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses and further investigations are going on.