Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 15: State Vigilance Organization (SVO) today caught red-handed Junior Engineer of R&B Department while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5000.
A spokesman of the Vigilance Organization said that one Mohammad Maqbool Mir, son of Gh Mohammad Mir of Pahlipora Booniyaar, Uri lodged a written complaint mentioning that he has executed work of construction of link road Darihal Yarwan Boniyar, which was allotted to him by the R&B Division, Uri.
In order to prepare the bills of the executed works, Junior Engineer Abdul Rahim Hajan was demanding illegal gratification of Rs 20,000 from the complainant. An amount of Rs 5000 was to be paid as first installment.
Acting on the complaint, Vigilance Organization laid a trap and accused JE was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting phenolphthalein dusted amount of Rs 5000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witness. The bribe money was recovered from the possession of the accused and he was taken into custody for further investigation.
A case under Section 5(2) Prevention of Corruption Act read with Section 161 RPC has been registered against JE at Police Station Vigilance Organization, Kashmir.
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