Jammu , Apr 5: Anti Corruption Bureau, registered a case FIR No. 07/2026 U/S 07 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 towards public servant, particularly Anirudh Sharma S/O Sh. Ashwani Kumar Sharma R/O H.No. 583 Mohalla Sultanpura Lane No.1 Janipur Jammu posted as JE in Sub Division JPDCL (PDD) Katra for demanding and accepting unlawful gratification from the complainant.
The mentioned accused public servant demanded the bribe from the complainant for substitute of electrical meter and lowering the month-to-month electrical invoice. Since, the complainant didn’t need to pay bribe and approached Anti Corruption Bureau for taking authorized motion towards the accused public servant underneath legislation.
On receipt of the compliant, a discreet verification was performed, which corroborated the demand of bribe by the general public servant involved and accordingly, a case FIR No. 07/2026 U/S 07 of Prevention of Corruption, Act, 1988 was registered at P/S ACB Udhampur and investigation was taken-up. Throughout the course of investigation, a lure staff headed by Dy. SP Rank Officer was constituted.
The staff laid a profitable lure and accused public servant was caught red-handed whereas demanding and accepting bribe quantity of ₹75,000 as 1st installment from the complainant within the presence of impartial witnesses. The accused was arrested on the spot by the ACB staff after following due means of legislation. The bribe cash was additionally recovered from the possession of accused in presence of impartial witnesses related to the lure staff.
Furthermore, search was additionally performed in the home of accused at H.No. 583 Mohalla Sultanpura Lane No.1 Janipur, Jammu in presence of Justice of the Peace. Additional investigation of the moment case is happening.
