The CBI on Friday said it has arrested a Revenue Inspector, Jammu Cantonment Board for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant and recovered Rs 6.5 lakh and property documents during searches at his premises.
A case was registered on a complaint alleging that the accused Revenue Inspector Ashok Kumar was demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh.
It was further alleged that the complainant was residing in a residential quarter inside Jammu Cantonment since 1991. An eviction order was issued by the Jammu Cantonment Board to the complainant’s mother on August 23.
It was also alleged that the accused demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant for not evicting him from the residential quarter and for making allotment entry in the name of his mother, in the records.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant.
Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused which led to the recovery of cash of Rs 6.50 lakh and property documents.
In a separate case, the agency arrested then Inspector and Dock Examiner, Mundra Port (now Superintendent of Customs, Jamnagar) and a private person in a bribery of Rs 2 lakh.
A case was registered against then Inspector and Dock Examiner, Mundra Port (Gujarat), Nitin Sharma on the allegations of demanding undue advantage of Rs 7 lakh from the complainant towards clearance of containers during his tenure of posting at Mundra Port.
The accused allegedly threatened the complainant that if the demand of undue advantage was not fulfilled, he would not allow them to work smoothly as Custom House Agent.
The CBI laid a trap and caught a private person Shubham Sharma who allegedly acted as a conduit of said public servant while accepting undue advantage of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant as per directions of then Inspector and Dock Examiner, Mundra Port.
Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused including at Mundra and Jamnagar which led to recovery of cash of Rs 9.50 lakh and incriminating documents from the premises of accused public servant.