Handwara, October 12 (Daily Kiran) : The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) announced on Monday the arrest of a senior assistant from the agriculture department in Handwara for accepting a bribe of ₹40,000.
Irshad Ahmad Peer, stationed at the Handwara agriculture sub-office, was caught red-handed demanding and receiving the bribe in exchange for releasing pending subsidy bills. According to an ACB statement, a written complaint was lodged against the official, alleging that he requested the bribe from the complainant for the issuance of a subsidy bill related to a tractor purchased under the Horticulture and Agricultural Development Programme (HADP).
Following the complaint, the ACB conducted a discreet verification, confirming the allegations against Peer. Based on the written complaint and the verification report, a case was registered against him under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018. The case was filed at the ACB police station in Baramulla on October 12, 2026.
Upon registration of the case, a trap team was formed with independent witnesses, in accordance with standard procedures. This team successfully caught the accused official in the act of soliciting and accepting the bribe. The ₹40,000 was recovered from him, corroborated by additional evidence from the surrounding area.
The accused has been taken into custody, and the investigation is ongoing.
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