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Srinagar- The Anti-corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested Tehsildar Pantha Chowk and his employee in Srinagar for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 12, 0000.
Official sources said that ACB raided the vehicle of Tehsildar Pantha-Chowk bearing number JK01AL- 8277 and caught him red-handed while accepting bribe along with his employee.
The bribe money of Rs. 120000 was recovered on spot and both the officials identified as Majid Ahmad Tehsildar Pantha-Chowk and Waseem Ahmad who is posted at Tehsil office at Pantha-Chowk in Srinagar were arrested. Waseem was earlier posted in Ganderbal with the same officer.
“The officer was arrested on the spot at Tulsi Bag Phase 2 by the ACB team”, ACB in a statement said.
“The bribe money was also recovered from their possession in presence of independent witnesses, an official confirmed and said that further investigations into the matter are going on”.