A BJP corporator of Jammu Municipal Corporation was trapped and arrested along with her husband by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for issuance of 'Mulba clearance certificate' on Friday. In a written statement, Anti Corruption Bureau said, Jyoti Devi, Corporator, Ward No.53 of Jammu Municipal Corporation and her husband Sham Lal were trapped and arrested while accepting a bribe of ?10,000 for issuance of Mulba Clearance certificate.
According to a statement issued by the Anti Corruption Bureau, "the complainant had alleged that Jyoti Devi, corporator of Ward no 53 demanded an amount of Rs. 10,000/- as bribe for issuance of mulba clearance certificate of the works done by him". She also directed the complainant to contact her husband for payment of bribe money, the ACB statement said.
"Upon receiving the complaint, allegations of the complaint were verified. Consequently a case FIR No. 10/2022 P/S ACB-J U/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 and 120-B IPC was registered at PS ACB-Jammu", spokesman of the ACB said.
"A trap team was constituted whereupon the accused Sham Lal was caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000/- on behalf of his wife Jyoti Devi Corporator of Ward No. 53 from the complainant. Both the accused persons were taken into custody on the spot. Searches at the residential house of the accused persons were also conducted" the ACB statement said.
The contractor was allotted work for upgradation of the open area along the main road near Mastermind Classes by Pre-cast of paver tiles and upgradation of open area along main road near Easy day at Ward No. 53 Trikuta Nagar, Jammu".
As per the existing procedure the contractor was supposed to submit a Mulba clearance certificate before receiving final payment from JMC. The certificate is issued by concerned Corporator.