Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 18: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) today trapped and arrested a Wildlife Department Guard and a broker for accepting a bribe for releasing the belongings of the complainant seized by the Wildlife Department.
ACB said that it received a complaint alleging therein that a Guard in Wildlife Department namely Tariq Ahmad Sofi posted at Waskhura, District Ganderal was demanding Rupees 5000/- as a bribe for releasing the belongings of the complainant seized by the Wildlife Department.
“Upon receiving the instant complaint prima facie offence U/S 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 was found made out. Consequently, case FIR No. 06/2022 was registered at P/S ACB Srinagar”, the ACB said.
As per the ACB, during the course of the investigation, a trap team was constituted which then laid a successful trap and caught Tariq Ahmad Sofi of Zainakote Srinagar, a Guard in Wildlife Department while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rupees 5000 through a broker namely Mohammad Yaseen Bhat from the complainant.
“Both of them were arrested and taken into custody by ACB Team. The bribe money was also recovered from their possession in presence of independent witnesses,” The ACB said.
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