A revenue official was among two persons arrested by sleuths of the state vigilance organisation (SVO) for accepting bribe for issuance of land documents to a person in Udhampur district.
On the basis of a written complaint lodged by the complainant Sudesh Sharma of Udhampur, a case was registered against the revenue officials — a girdwar and a patwari, a SVO official said.
The complainant has alleged that he hails from Kashirah village of Udhampaur and has landed property measuring nearly one acre.
He alleged that he had submitted an application to the said revenue officials to issue him the map of land, but the said officials demanded Rs 1.2 lakh as illegal gratification from him for issuance of the map of the land, the official said.
The complainant mentioned in his complaint that he was surprised when the said revenue officials stated that this is their “past practice”.
Accordingly, on the basis of the complaint, a successful trap was laid by the vigilance sleuths under the command of deputy superintendent of police Kamaljeet Singh, the official said.
During the trap and investigation of the case the patwari was caught red handed and arrested while demanding and accepting Rs 1.2 lakh as illegal gratification from the complainant, he said.
In this connection, one more person to whom the said patwari had handed over the bribe money after demanding and accepting the same from the complainant, was also taken into custody by the vigilance sleuths, he said. PTI