HANDWARA, Oct. 13 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested a senior assistant of the Sub-Division Agriculture Office in Handwara for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.40,000 to facilitate the release of a subsidy bill under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP).
The accused, identified as Irshad Ahmad Peer, was arrested following a trap laid by the ACB's Police Station Baramulla team, the agency said in a statement.
According to the ACB, a complaint was received alleging that Peer had demanded Rs.40,000 from the complainant in exchange for releasing a subsidy bill for a tractor purchased by the complainant's brother under the HADP scheme.
The bureau said a discreet verificatio...