India, March 10 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said it trapped and arrested a Patwari of Halqa Batmaloo in Srinagar red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for issuing revenue extracts in favour of a complainant's relative.

In a statement, a spokesperson said Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that Patwari Halqa Batmaloo Srinagar namely Saffdar Hussain Mir is demanding rupees 10,000 as bribe in lieu of issuance of revenue extracts in favour of a relative of the complainant and was asked to be paid today in order to receive the requisite documents.

He said, unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached ACB and submitted a ...