ACB arrests patwari red-handed while accepting Rs 10,000 bribe in Srinagar

Srinagar, Mar 10: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (JKACB) on Tuesday trapped and arrested a Patwari posted in Halqa Batmaloo, Srinagar, while allegedly demanding and acceptinga bribe of Rs 10,000 for issuing revenue extracts, officials said.

As per statement issued, Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that Patwari Halqa Batmaloo Srinagar namely Saffdar Hussain Mir is demanding Rs 10,000 as bribe in lieu of issuance of revenue extracts in favour of a relative of the complainant and was asked to be paid today in order to receive the requisite documents.

Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached ACB and submitted a written complaint requesting legal action against the accused public servants.

Upon receipt of the complaint, a pre-trap verification was conducted, which established the demand of bribe, accordingly a Case FIR No.05/2026 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered at ACB PS Srinagar and investigation was taken up.

During the course of investigation, a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught the accused public servant Saffdar Hussain, Patwari, Halq Batamaloo red-handed while demanding and accepting Rs 10,000 as bribe from the complainant. The accused was taken into custody after completing all Medico-Legal formalities,

Further investigation of the instant case is going on, statement added.