Bahu tehsildar caught red-handed accepting ₹50k bribe

A trap was laid on Monday evening, and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths caught the tehsildar red-handed in his office

The sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a revenue official red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 from a complainant in the revenue office at Bahu in Trikuta Nagar on Monday evening, said officials.

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The official was identified as Rohit Sharma, the tehsildar of Bahu Tehsil (a first-class magistrate).

“The official had demanded a bribe of ₹1 lakh from the complainant for issuing a fard (registration certificate) for a piece of land he had purchased legally in Jammu south,” said a spokesperson of the ACB.

“The complainant settled the deal at ₹50,000 and also lodged a complaint with the ACB. Accordingly, a trap was laid on Monday evening, and we caught the tehsildar red-handed in his office,” he added.