Srinagar, July 31 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday filed a chargesheet against a former tehsildar and a private individual before the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Baramulla, in connection with a Rs 1 lakh bribery trap case, officials said.
The chargesheet was presented before the Court in an FIR registered in 2025 against Ghulam Rasool Bhat, then Tehsildar, Qaziabad, Kralgund, in Kupwara district, and private individual Rafi Ahmad Lone.
ACB said the case was registered on the basis of a complaint alleging demand of a bribe for issuance of permission to cut walnut trees for commercial purposes. Upon verification of the allegations, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, was registered and inv...