Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau team on Monday arrested a police constable in a bribery case in Reasi district.
The ACB spokesman here said that the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered a case against Head Constable Parvaiz Ahmed Bhati of Village Mandhar, Tehsil Haveli, District Poonch, presently posted at Police Post Talwara in Reasi district, for demanding and accepting illegal gratification from the complainant.
The accused allegedly demanded a bribe from the complainant for manipulating the course of the investigation by dropping certain sections of law in the case registered against him at PP Talwara, which was being investigated by the accused, said the spokesman.
He said that as the complainant did not wish to pay the bribe, he approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau to take legal action against the accused public servant in accordance with the law.
On receipt of the compliant, a discreet verification was conducted, which corroborated the demand of bribe by the public servant concerned and accordingly, a case was registered at P/S ACB Udhampur and an investigation was taken up.
During the investigation, a trap team was constituted.
The team laid a successful trap and the public servant was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 5000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witnesses.
The accused was arrested on the spot by the ACB team after following due process of law. The bribe money was also recovered from the possession of the accused in the presence of independent witnesses associated with the trap team, he added.
Moreover, a search was also conducted in the residential quarter of the accused at Talwara in the presence of Magistrate, he said.
Further investigation with regard to the instant case is on.
