Jammu, Aug 5: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has stated that it has trapped and arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) Jammu for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20000.
An ACB spokesperson said the Bureau received a complaint alleging therein that a public servant, Mohd Akram Choudhary, posted as ASI in the Railway Protection Force, Jammu, demanded illegal gratification from the complainant.
“The accused ASI Mohd Akram Choudhary demanded the bribe amounting to Rs 100,000 from the complainant on the pretext of not arresting and involving the complainant in a theft case registered by RPF, during the investigation of which the RPF team had visited the scrap shop of the complainant. However, after negotiation, the accused public servant agreed to receive Rs 50,000 from the complainant and demanded the first instalment of Rs 20,000,” an ACB spokesperson said.
Since the complainant didn’t want to pay the bribe, he approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau seeking legal action against the accused public servant under law.
On receipt of the complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which corroborated the demand of a bribe by the public servant concerned, and accordingly, a case FIR No 16/2025 U/s 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, was registered in Police Station ACB Jammu, and an investigation was taken up.
During the course of the investigation, a trap team headed by a gazetted rank officer was constituted.
“The team laid a successful trap, and the accused public servant was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe amount of Rs 20,000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witnesses. The accused was arrested on the spot by the ACB team after following due process of law,” the spokesperson said.
The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in the presence of independent witnesses associated with the trap team.
“Moreover, a search was also conducted in the residential house of the accused public servant in the presence of an independent witness and magistrate. Further investigation of the instant case is going on,” an ACB spokesperson said.
