Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 28: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) today produced challan in the court against the then Zonal Education Officer (ZEO) Qazigund, Imtiaz Ahmed and a clerk, Sulinder Singh in his office in a trap case.
Official sources giving details said that a charge-sheet in case FIR No. 3/2019 P/S ACB (South Kashmir), U/S 5(1) (d) r/w 5(2), 4-A of the PC Act, Samvat, 2006 and Section 120-B RPC, was produced before the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Anantnag.
The instant case was registered by P/S ACB (South Kashmir) on receipt of a written complaint submitted by one Ghulam Mohammad Wani, son of Abdul Gani Wani, resident of Narupora, Kokernag, to the effect that he has executed two works namely Wanpora Kewa, boundary wall and BRC boundary wall at Qazigund, allotted to the complainant by Zonal Education Officer Qazigund.
Both the works were completed by the complainant. Subsequently, bills were submitted to ZEO Qazigund. The amount of both the bills was not released in favour of the complainant as the ZEO concerned demanded Rs 5000 as bribe from him which was paid by the complainant to ZEO.
After accepting the bribe amount, the amount of BRC boundary wall amounting to Rs 73,600 was released in favour of the complainant. As per the complaint, for the release of second payment, the ZEO again demanded Rs 5000 from the contractor and asked him to handover it to the clerk of ZEO office Qazigund, namely Sulinder Singh and assured to release the payment of second executed work Wanpora Kewa, only after the payment of bribe.
Accordingly the complainant approached P/S ACB (South Kashmir) along with bribe money of Rs 5000 for taking necessary action against the ZEO Qazigund and clerk.
On the receipt of the said complaint a case FIR No. 03/2019 was registered by ACB. A trap team was constituted and the accused clerk was caught red- handed while demanding and accepting the tainted money of Rs5000 on behalf of the co-accused ZEO.
During investigation it was found that the money due for release to the complainant was available in account of the ZEO. It was not released for the bribe to be paid through the clerk. Accordingly, the ZEO was also arrested.
After obtaining sanction from the Govt chargesheet was presented in the Court.
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