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ACB arrested Tehsildar, Clerk for accepting bribe in Srinagar

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Srinagar, Aug 02 : Anti-corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested Tehsildar Panth-Chowk and his employee in Srinagar district for allegedly accepting a bribe of rupees 120000.

Official sources said that ACB raided the vehicle of Tehsildar Pantha-Chowk bearing number JK01AL- 8277 and caught red-handed while accepting bribe along with his employee reported news agency KDC.

The bribe money of rupees 120000 was recovered on spot and both the officials identified as Majid Ahmad Tehsildar Pantha-Chowk and Waseem Ahmad who is posted at Tehsil office at Pantha-Chowk in Srinagar and is said to be the close associate of Tehsildar were arrested. Waeem was earlier posted in Ganderbal with the same officer.

The officer was arrested on the spot at TulsiBagh Pahse 2 by the ACB team, the bribe money was also recovered from their possession in presence of independent witnesses, an official confirmed and said that further investigations into the matter are going on.

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