Govt employee caught while accepting bribe

An employee of the block development office in Badgam district was today arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Vigilance organisation for allegedly accepting bribe.
"Mohammad Maqbool Mir, a Technical Assistant (JE) in BDO office Khansahib in Budgam district, was caught by a special surveillance squad of JK Vigilance Organisation while accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000," a spokesman of the organisation said.
Mir had allegedly demanded the bribe from Mudasir Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Kulbugh in Tehsil Khansahib in central Kashmir, for releasing the payment of Rs 90,000 relating to the construction work of a lane under MGNREGA scheme.

The spokesman said the accused had initially demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant, but it was then settled at Rs 2,000.
Mir registered a complaint with the organisation following which a trap was laid by the vigilance sleuths and the accused was caught, the spokesman said.