Srinagar, March 28 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau on Saturday trapped and arrested an Executive Engineer of the Jal Shakti department in Awantipora sub district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe in connection with clearance of bills.
ACB said that it received a written complaint that Executive Engineer Jal Shakti (PHE) Mechanical Division South Awantipora, Manzoor Ahmad Dar was demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000 for clearing of bills on account of Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) works carried out by the complainant at the said Mechanical Division, out of which Rs 8,000 had already been paid earlier, while the remaining Rs 12,000 was demanded for final bill clearance.
The complainant chose not to pay bribe and in...