JUNE 21: In a significant crackdown on corrupt officials, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) apprehended absconder head constable of Kathua on Saturday.
A case FIR No. 12/2025 U/S 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered in Police Station ACB Jammu against public servant namely HC Roshan Din, No. 432/K of Police Station Kathua regarding demand/acceptance of illegal gratification from the complainant on account of deleting/removing his name from the list of accused persons in case FIR No. 193/2025 registered at P/S Kathua, even though the complainant provided CCTV footage/attendance of the factory to the accused public servant on the date of occurrence in order to prove his innocence.
But accused public servant after accepting bribe amount of Rs 15000/- from the complainant, sensing the presence of ACB on spot, fled away from the spot and threw the tainted bribe money in the bushes on the NHW near Palli. The tainted bribe money was recovered from the bushes by independent witnesses and seized in the instant case.
Now Anti-Corruption Bureau Jammu finally arrested the said absconding public servant on 20-06-2025 in the case at hand and further investigation of the case is in progress.
