Revenue official held in bribery case
TNN Bureau. Updated: 10/26/2024 3:09:17 AM
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Jammu: : The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a revenue official in Kathua district for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.
A case was registered by CBI on Wednesday against an accused Patwari on allegations that he demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant for attestation of mutation in respect of land purchased by the complainant.
The CBI laid a trap and caught accused Patwari red handed while demanding and accepting the bribe from the complainant.
"Accused was produced before a Court on Thursday, which remanded him to judicial custody for 12 days. CBI also conducted searches at the residential premises of accused”, said an official source.