ACB traps, arrests JE for taking bribe in Reasi

Srinagar, Feb 1: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Sunday said to have trapped and arrested, an Junior Engineer (JE) posted as Technical Assistant in the BDO Office, Mahore, District Reasi, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs: 8,000.
The Bureau has also revealed that three separate corruption cases are already registered against the accused official.
In a statement issued to the Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau registered a case FIR No. 03/2026 U/S 07 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 at PS ACB Udhampur against public servant, namely, Rahul Gandotra, JE posted as TA in BDO Office Gulabgarh Mahore District Reasi for demanding and accepting bribe from the complainant.
The statement reads, the said accused public servant demanded the bribe from the complainant for preparation of bill pertaining to the RDD Work executed by the complainant. Since, the complainant did not want to pay the bribe, he approached Anti-Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servant under law.
“On receipt of the compliant, a discreet verification was conducted, which corroborated the demand of bribe by the public servant concerned and accordingly, a case FIR No. 03/2026 U/S 07 of Prevention of Corruption, Act, 1988 was registered at PS ACB Udhampur and investigation was taken-up.”
“During the course of investigation, a trap team headed by Dy. SP 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 8000 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 bribe money was also recovered from the possession of accused in presence of independent witnesses associated with the trap team,” the statement reads.
It reads as, search was also conducted in the house of accused at H.No.215 Ward No. 24 Rehari, Jammu in the presence of Magistrate. Pertinent to mention here that three FIRs under Prevention of Corruption Act have already been registered against the above named accused in Police Station ACB Udhampur which are under investigation.
Further investigation of the instant case is going on. (KNO)