Anti-corruption Bureau Doda Friday produced charge-sheet against Revenue Officials, who were caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 1.2 lakh. Challan was produced against accused revenue officials, namely Lochan Singh of village Ladda, Udhampur (Girdwar Circle Ballian Udhampur), Anim Sharma of Kallar Himiti, Udhampur (Patwari Halqa Kashirah Udhampur) and Sandeep Khajuria (civilian) of Panthal, Reasi, in the Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Udhampur, in case FIR Number 09/2018 Under Section 5(1) (d) r/w section 5(2) of J&K PC Act and Section 4-A PC Act (Amendment-2014) and Section 120-B/RPC registered in P/S VOJ (now ACB). The case was registered on 05-04-2018 following a complaint by Sudesh Sharma of Kashirah, Udhampur, who had submitted an application to these Revenue officials for issuance of Farad of his land measuring 10 Marlas under Khsara No.621, but the said officials demanded Rs 1,20,000/- as illegal gratification from him for the same. On the basis of complaint in this regard, a successful trap was laid by the Vigilance under the command of Dy SP Kamaljeet Singh. During the trap, Anim Sharma (Patwari) Halqa Kashirah Udhampur was caught red handed and arrested while demanding and accepting Rs 1,20,000/- as illegal gratification from the complainant. During the trap, one Sandeep Khajuria, accomplice to whom the said Patwari handed over the bribe money after demanding and accepting the same from the complainant, was also taken into custody by the vigilance. After completion of the investigation, the case was processed for obtaining Government sanction from the competent authority and after obtaining the sanction, the case was challaned in the competent court for judicial determination. The next date of hearing has been fixed for April 4, 2020.
