Srinagar, Sep 3, KNT: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has presented a charge-sheet against a Patwari in a bribery case before the Additional Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar.
The case pertains to FIR No. 10/2023 registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 at Police Station ACB Srinagar against accused public servant Abdul Rashid Mir, the then Patwari Halqa Arigam Budgam.
According to officials, the FIR was lodged on June 13, 2023, following a written complaint that the Patwari demanded ₹3,000 as a bribe for providing a report related to a fire incident that had damaged the complainant’s residential house. A trap was laid and the accused was caught red-handed while accepting ₹1,500 from the complainant. The bribe money was recovered on the spot and subsequent chemical tests confirmed the presence of phenolphthalein on the accused’s hands.
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During the course of investigation, the ACB gathered sufficient evidence establishing the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act against the accused. After obtaining sanction for prosecution from the government, the charge-sheet was filed before the court on September 3, 2025, for judicial determination.
The court has fixed October 20, 2025, as the next date of hearing in the case. [KNT]
