Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 13: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today trapped and arrested 2 Junior Engineers and an Inspector of Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited in North Kashmir’s Tangmarg area of Baramulla district for demanding and accepting bribe.
The ACB said that JEs, Masood Ahmad and Gh Mohd Bhat and Inspector Ab Rashid Bhat, Meter Reader of Special Sub Division, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited, Tangmarg were arrested for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2,60,000
In this regard, the ACB said that it received a complaint from a resident of village Gofbal Kunzer, tehsil Kunzer, district Baramulla alleging therein that his father is the proprietor of a manufacturing unit situated at Gofbal Kunzer.
“The unit is being run by him with the help of his family since 2014. The complainant alleged that he had applied before AEE Tangmarg for upgrading the electricity consumption/sanction load from presently 63 KV to 250 KV in Nov, 2021. The officials Masood Ahmad, Junior Engineer, Ghulam Mohd Bhat, Junior Engineer and Inspector Abdul Rashid Bhat (Meter Reader) demanded a huge amount as a bribe for the settlement/ processing of his file for upgrading the load. They settled for Rs 2,60,000 as demand for completing the work,” ACB said.
On receipt of the complaint, ACB said, a case FIR No. 12/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in PS ACB Baramulla and investigation was taken up.
ACB said that during the investigation, a trap team was constituted which laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Masood Ahmad, Junior Engineer, Gh Mohd Bhat, Junior Engineer and Inspector Abdul Rashid Bhat (Meter Reader) of KPDCL Special Sub Division Tangmarg while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 2,60,000.
“They were arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from their possession in presence of independent witnesses. The role of Junaid Ahmad Mir, Assistant Executive Engineer and Manzoor Ahmad Bukhari, Assistant Engineer of KPDCL, Special Sub Division, Tangmarg is also being investigated,” ACB said adding further investigations were ongoing.
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