Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wedneaday said to have trapped and arrested Senior Accountant, SIDCO, Khunmoh, Srinagar for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 15,000.Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that a public servant namely Mohammad Yaseen Sheikh, Senior Accountant, SIDCO, Khunmoh, Srinagar is demanding Rs 20,000 as bribe for processing case of complainant of supplementary partnership deed, a spokesman said in a statement.However, after negotiation the amount was settled as Rs 15,000, the spokesman said, adding that the complainant chose not to pay bribe and instead approached Anti Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servant as provided under law. “On receipt of the complaint the discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand by the public servant concerned and accordingly a case under FIR number 18/2024 under section 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in Police Station ACB Srinagar and investigation taken up,” the statement reads.During the course of investigation a trap team was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught accused public servant red handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs 15,000 from the complainant. He was arrested on the spot by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses associated with the trap team, it reads, adding that further investigation of the instant case is going on—

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