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ACB arrests JE for accepting bribe of Rs 5000 in J&K’s Kupwara

Srinagar, Mar 15 (UNI) Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a Junior Engineer of the Rural Development Department for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5000 from a complainant in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Friday.
ACB said that it received a complaint on its Helpline Number from one complainant resident of village Kunnel Qaziabad, Handwara District Kupwara alleging that he has executed some work under MG-NREGA and for preparing & processing the Bill of said work & for preparing labour Engineer Marazi & G R Suboor Mir were demanding bribe of Rs. 5000/- & 3000/- from him as their commission etc.
On receipt of this information, a discreet verification into the matter was conducted by ACB to ascertain the veracity of the allegations during which it was found that the complainant was authorised last year by the panchayat to execute two developmental works of Improvement of the road from Chiang to Ashoponor and filling and leveling of graveyard near Jamia Masjid Kunnel.
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