Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Oct 4: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau caught a Head Constable posted at Police Station Mahore for demanding and accepting bribe while a Head Draftsman in the office of Executive Engineer PWD(R&B) Division, Poonch has been booked in a Disproportionate Assets case.
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According to an official spokesperson, ACB trapped and arrested Head Constable Mahroof Ahmed, posted at Police Station Mahore, District Reasi, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 from the complainant.
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The complainant was detained in a case and had been granted interim bail by the court on 25.09.2025 with the condition to report daily at PS Mahore between 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. However, during this period, HC Mahroof Ahmed harassed the complainant, kept him at the police station beyond the prescribed time, and demanded a bribe of Rs 8,000 for permitting timely release. The bribe was paid on 01.10.2025 inside the police station premises.
After two days, the accused again threatened the complainant and his associate, demanding an additional bribe of Rs 12,000 for the release of their tractor and for allowing their timely release during prescribed hours. He further threatened to book them under PSA (Public Safety Act) if they failed to pay. The amount was later negotiated to Rs 8,000.
Unwilling to pay further, the complainant approached ACB. After verification, a trap team headed by a Gazetted Officer successfully caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting Rs 8,000 in the presence of independent witnesses. Further investigation is in progress.
Meanwhile, ACB registered Disproportionate Assets case against Sumer Singh Bhau, then posted as Head Draftsman in the office of Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Division Poonch.
The case was registered on the outcome of a verification conducted into the allegations that the accused public servant has acquired huge assets, both moveable and immovable, disproportionate to his known source of income, on his own name as well as in the names of his family members.
The verification so conducted revealed that the said public servant has accumulated huge assets in the shape of palatial double storey residential house, luxurious vehicles, costly electronic items apart from huge bank balances etc.
During the course of investigation, search warrant was obtained from the court and search was conducted at the residential premises of the accused person located at Chandan Vihar Muthi, Jammu in the presence of independent witnesses and Magistrate. Further investigation of the case is going on.
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