Police officer arrested for accepting bribe in Kupwara
Posted on Jan 12, 2022 | Author Aatif Qayoom
Srinagar, Jan 11: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Tuesday arrested a police officer in the Kupwara district of north Kashmir for demanding and accepting a bribe amounting to Rs 10,000 from a driver for getting his vehicle released from the court.
The ACB spokesman said they received a complaint through their helpline where the complainant alleged that the Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), namely Mohammad Sultan Mir of Police Station Kupwara, was demanding a bribe to provide a report to the court on an application moved by the complainant through his counsel before the court for the release of his truck and its documents, which were seized by the police station in an accident case.
On the basis of the complaint, a trap team was constituted.
The team caught ASI red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe amounting to Rs 10,000 from the complainant. He was arrested and taken into custody by the ACB team. The bribe money was also recovered from his possession in the presence of independent witnesses, the official spokesman said.
He also said the complainant also alleged that his truck met with an accident on November 29, 2021 near Heri, Kupwara, upon which a case was registered against him at the Kupwara Police Station.
During investigations into the accident case, the documents of the complainant’s vehicle and the vehicle were seized by the police.
To release these documents and vehicle, the complainant moved an application before the Sessions Court in Kupwara. The court sought a report from Kupwara police station. The complainant approached the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case to provide a report to the court. The Investigating Officer (IO) demanded a bribe from him for providing a report to the court.
As the contents of the complaint prima facie disclosed the commission of the offense as defined under section 7 of the P.C Act 1988, As a result, FIR No. 01/2022 was filed at Police Station ACB Baramulla against ASI Mohammad Sultan Mir, who was assigned to Police Station Kupwara.