Handwara, Oct 12 (KINS): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday caught a Senior Assistant posted at the Sub-Division Agriculture Office, Handwara, red-handed while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹40,000 for the release of a pending subsidy bill, as per an ACB statement.
According to the ACB, a written complaint was received at Police Station ACB Baramulla alleging that the accused, identified as Irshad Ahmad Peer, had demanded ₹40,000 from the complainant in exchange for releasing a subsidy bill for a tractor purchased by the complainant’s brother under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP).
The ACB said a discreet verification was conducted, during which the allegations of bribery were found to be true. Subsequently, FIR No. 06/2026 was registered on October 12 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018.
Following the registration of the case, an ACB trap team, accompanied by independent witnesses, laid a trap and allegedly caught the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe. The amount was recovered from his possession, the statement said.
The accused has been arrested and taken into custody, while further investigation into the case is underway, the ACB added.(KINS)
ACB catches Agriculture department Senior Assistant red-handed while accepting 40,000 bribe in Handwara
