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KPDCL employee arrested while accepting Rs 4000 bribe in Budgam

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  • 06 May 2025

The anti-corruption branch of CBI Srinagar nabbed an employee of Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) in Magam area of Beerwah, Budgam today while demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant. An official told (KNO) that the employee, identified as Manzoor Ahmad Dar, was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 4000 bribe. He said the complainant had filed a written a complaint alleging that the employee concerned was demanding bribe from him for facilitating power connection to his poultry farm. "Upon receiving the complaint, ACB Srinagar verified it and laid a trap to apprehended the employee red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs 4000. A case FIR No. 3 of 2025 u/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 has been registered against him," he said—(KNO)

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