Ex-tehsildar gets one-year jail in 16-year-old graft case in Srinagar

A court here on Monday sentenced a former Government officer to a year’s imprisonment in a 16-year-old corruption case. Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar, Special Judge Tasleem Arief Ganie, convicted Mohammad Akram Khan, a retired tehsildar, in a bribery case registered. The case was registered against him by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in 2010.

An ACB spokesperson said the accused, then posted as tehsildar, was found guilty under provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Corruption Act and the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).