Jammu, March 9 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau in Jammu and Kashmir arrested a police officer on Monday for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a person in the Reasi district, an official said.
Head Constable Parvaiz Ahmad Bhati, a resident of Mandhar, was apprehended following a complaint that he was demanding the illegal gratification to drop certain sections of law in a case registered against the complainant, a spokesperson of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said.
He said the accused public servant, posted at Talwara police post, demanded the bribe from the complainant to manipulate the course of the investigation in the case.
When the complainant refused to pay the bribe, he approached the ACB, and accordingly, a discreet investigation was conducted, which corroborated the demand for a bribe by the officer, the spokesperson said.
He further said a case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered, and a trap team was constituted.
The accused public servant was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 5,000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witnesses, the spokesperson said.
He said the accused was arrested on the spot, and later a search was also conducted in his residential quarter in the presence of a magistrate.