The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested three officials from the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) Tangmarg in a bribery case and recovered Rs 2.6 lakh in cash.
Those arrested include two junior engineers (JE) and an inspector who were posted at sub division Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramull district, officials said.
An ACB spokesperson said that a case had been registered on a complaint against the accused public servants.
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He said, “The Anti-Corruption Bureau received a complaint from a resident of village Gofbal Kunzer, indistrict Baramulla, alleging that his father is the proprietor of a manufacturing unit situated at Gofbal Kunzer. The unit has been run by him with the help of his family since 2014. The complainant alleged that he had applied before AEE Tangmarg for upgrading the electricity consumption/sanction load from its present 63 KV to 250 KV on Nov. 20, 2021”.
The officials, identified as Masood Ahmad, Junior Engineer, Gh Mohd Bhat, Junior Engineer, and Inspector Ab Rashid Bhat (Meter Reader), demanded a huge amount as bribe for the settlement/processing of their file for upgrading the load.
They settled for Rs 2,60,000/-as the demand for completing the work. On receipt of the complaint, Case FIR No. 12/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in PS ACB Baramulla and investigation was taken up. During the course of the investigation, a trap team was constituted.
The team laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Masood Ahmad, Junior Engineer, Gh Mohd Bhat, Junior Engineer, and Inspector Ab Rashid Bhat (Meter Reader) of KPDCL special sub division Tangmarg while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2,60,000.
They were arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from their possession in the presence of independent witnesses.
The roles of Junaid Ahmad Mir, Assistant Executive Engineer, and Manzoor Ahmad Bukhari, Assistant Engineer of KPDCL, Special Sub Division, Tangmarg are also being investigated.