A revenue official was among two persons arrested by sleuths of the state vigilance organisation (SVO) for accepting bribe for issuance of land documents to a person in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.
On the basis of a written complaint lodged by the complainant Sudesh Sharma of Udhampur, a case was registered against the revenue officials -- Lochan Singh, Girdwar and Aneem Sharma, patwari, a SVO official said.
The complainant has alleged that he hails from Kashirah village of Udhampaur and has landed property measuring nearly one acre.
He further alleged that he had submitted an application to the said revenue officials to issue him the map of land, but the said officials demanded Rs 1.2 lakh as illegal gratification from him for issuance of the map of the land, the official said.
The complainant mentioned in his complaint that he was surprised when the said revenue officials stated that this is their "past practice".
Accordingly, on the basis of the complaint, a successful trap was laid by the vigilance sleuths under the command of Deputy Superintendent of Police Kamaljeet Singh, the official said.
During the trap and investigation of the case, Aneem Sharma (Patwari) was caught red handed and arrested while demanding and accepting Rs 1.2 lakh as illegal gratification from the complainant, he said.
In this connection, one Sandeep Khajuria, to whom the said patwari had handed over the bribe money after demanding and accepting the same from the complainant, was also been taken into custody by the vigilance sleuths, he said.
Further investigation in the case is underway, the official said.
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