Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 1: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Ritesh Dubey today granted police remand up to July 7, 2022 of Naib Tehsildar Ashok Kumar, who was caught red-handed by ACB while accepting bribe of Rs 1. 5 lakh.
According to the ACB, a complaint against Ashok Sharma, Naib Tehsildar and his associates for demanding a bribe for issuing fard was received and accordingly case FIR No. 06/2022 was registered at Police Station ACB Central against the accused persons under Prevention of Corruption Act.
During the course of investigation, a trap was laid and accused Ashok Kumar presently posted at Gharota was caught red handed while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from the complainant.
He was arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses. Searches were also conducted in the residential houses of all the accused persons and Rs 9 lakh was seized from Raman Gupta of Akhnoor.
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