J&K ACB traps and arrests Forester and Forest Guard for demanding and accepting bribe of ₹15000

Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau  received a complaint alleging therein that public servants namely Rashpaul Singh (BO) Forester and Avdesh Singh, Forest Guard demanded bribe of ₹15000 for  release of bill of the work namely “fencing work, Mawa Plantation of vitex etc, Pit Planting and Patch showing in Co. 28/K (Kaneli Nallah), Budhi Block Kathua Forest Range for ₹2,81,290”.

The complainant didn’t want to pay bribe and has approached Anti-Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servants under law.

On receipt of the complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand of bribe by the public servants concerned and accordingly, a case FIR No.

13/2024 u/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 & section 61(2) BNS was registered in Police Station Jammu on 14.09.2024 and investigation taken up