SRINAGAR: Anti-corruption Bureau, Jammu and Kashmir, Friday said to have arrested a Block Development Council member for demanding and accepting bribes in Ganderbal district.  "A complainant approached Anti Corruption Bureau with a written complaint against public servants namely Majid Aziz,...

SRINAGAR: Government of Jammu and Kashmir has given Additional Director of General Police (Law & Order) Vijay Kumar additional charge of Director, Anti-corruption Bureau Jammu and Kashmir.  The additional charge to ADGP (L&O), Kumar has been given wake as the...

SRINAGAR: Anti-corruption Bureau on Tuesday trapped and arrested a Drug Control Officer Handwara for demanding a bribe amount of ten thousand rupees, official sources said. The sources informed news agency Kashmir Scroll that one Ishtiyaq Ahmad Baba was arrested after...

SRINAGAR:  Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that his vision as well as mission was to see Jammu and Kashmir corruption free. “In order to eliminate the cancer of corruption, all the stakeholders have an important role to play....

SRINAGAR: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday said that, keeping with its avowed policy of zero tolerance for corruption and misconduct by the employees, ordered removal of Ruquiya Akhter, Watch and Ward Woman of the erstwhile J&K Legislative...

SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday arrested a DySP for his allegedly involvement in a case pertaining to corruption and destruction of evidence. Official sources told GNS that the DySP of 17th IRP, Adil Mushtaq, was arrested in the case (FIR no....

SRINAGAR: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday trapped and arrested a revenue official for demanding and accepting bribe in Jammu Kashmir’s Budgam district. A complainant approached Police Station ACB Srinagar with a written complaint against a public servant, identified as...

SRINAGAR: Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir Tuesday produced a chargesheet against two persons accused in multiple offences here.  "Economic Offences Wing, Srinagar (Crime Branch Kashmir) produced the charge-report in Case FIR No. 60/2016 of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir...

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday said that it trapped and arrested a revenue official in Kawarhama area of  Baramulla district for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 5,000 for issuance and processing of revenue extract. According to a statement,...

SRINAGAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has apprehended a forester red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe in the Budugam Tulail area of Gurez valley in Bandipora district. A top ACB Official told GNS that Mohd Sultan Bhat, the Incharge Block...

SRINAGAR: A Special Judge of Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar has sentenced an Assistant Sub-inspector rank police official to one year in jail over accusations of demanding and accepting bribes. "The judgment was pronounced on 24 March 2023, wherein accused ASI Mushtaq Ahmad Shah then posted at Police Station Charar-e-Sharief, Budgam has been convicted U/S 5(2) PC Act and 161 RPC and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for one year and pay a fine of Rs. 10,000/- under each offense. It was further announced that in case of default in payment of fine, the accused shall undergo further imprisonment for one month under each offense", as learned by GNS. "The accused convict has been taken into custody and sent to Central Jail Srinagar for serving the sentence." "The accused Mushtaq Ahmad Shah was trapped while he was posted at Police Station Charar-e-Sharief, Budgam on 19-09-2008 following a complaint lodged by one Ab. Rashid Chopan resident of Fresdub, Charar-e-Sharief, Budgam in Police Station VOK (now ACB)", read the facts of the case. "It was averred that the complainant had purchased three quintals of rice from Govt. Ration Depot Nagam, Charar-e-Sharief, and was transporting the same in a Sumo towards their home. On his way he was intercepted by ASI Mushtaq Ahmad Shah of Police Station Charar-e-Sharief, Budgam who took him along with rice to Nowhar, Charar-e-Sharief where he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs. 500/- from the complainant but returned only 2 quintals of rice to him." "The accused Mushtaq Ahmad handed over the remaining one quintal of rice to a Shopkeeper and demanded further bribe of Rs. 1000/- from the complainant. The complainant persuaded the accused who agreed to accept Rs. 500/- only to settle the issue. The bribe was agreed to be paid on 19 March 2008", the facts maintain. "However, the Complainant lodged a complaint with VOK (now ACB) and accordingly a team of officers of VOK was constituted to lay a trap for the accused public servant. The team laid a successful trap and arrested the accused public servant ASI Mushtaq Ahmad Shah red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe. The tainted money was recovered from his possession." A Special Prosecuting Officer Ghulam Jeelani on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Bureau has contested the case resulting in the conviction awarded by Hon’ble Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar, Mr. Chain Lal Bavoria. (GNS)