Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint. The complainant had alleged that Habibullah Mir, Naib Tehsildar Chuker, Tehsil Kunzer, District Baramulla was demanding a bribe of ₹30,000 from the complainant for granting permission for removing the walnut tree.
The complainant approached Habibullah Mir, Naib Tehsildar, to remove the walnut tree with his application moved through Tehsildar Kunzer. The tree, as per the complainant, was very old. It was about to fall anytime. There were apprehensions of trees causing damage to the house or any family member. So he approached authorities for seeking permission for cutting the tree. After visiting the spot, the Naib Tehsildar asked for a bribe of ₹30,000 for granting permission. The amount was later settled at ₹20,000. Out of the agreed amount, the complainant deposited ₹10000 in the bank account of the Naib Tehsildar on the directions of the accused.
Immediately after receipt of the complaint, a pre-verification was conducted by ACB into the matter. Based on pre-verification, Prima facie offences u/s 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 (as amended in 2018) were made out against the alleged accused person Habibullah Mir Naib Tehsildar Kunzer. Accordingly, a case FIR No. 07/2022 was registered in Police Station ACB Baramulla u/s 7 of the PC Act 1988 (as amended in 2018) against accused public servant & investigations started.
During investigations, said accused public servant was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹5000 from the complainant, who had already taken ₹10,000 from him earlier through Bank accounts. The accused was immediately arrested on the spot, and his house was also searched during the search, the search team obtained many incriminating documents.
Further investigations in the case are going on.
