Srinagar, March 26 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday claimed to have arrested Naib Tehsildar Arwani, Anantnag, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000.

The ACB said it had received a written complaint alleging that Naib Tehsildar Arwani - Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat - was demanding a bribe of Rs.1,00,000 from the complainant's in-laws for inheritance mutation of land measuring 18 Kanals in the name of his wife, three sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law.

A discreet verification confirmed the allegation, following which a case was registered and a trap team constituted, which caught Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat (son of Wali Mohammad Bhat of Dangipora Sozeith Budgam) posted as Naib Tehsildar Arwani Bijbehara Anantnag, red-handed while dem...