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Senior engineer arrested for graft in Kashmir

Srinagar, Mar 22 (UNI) The Jammu and Kashmir Vigilance Organisation today caught red handed an assistant executive engineer (AEE) while accepting bribe.

A vigilance spokesman said Khurshid Anwar Shah, an AEE of Magam Sub-Division of the Gulmarg Development Authority, was arrested while accepting bribe of Rs 2000 from a contractor for passing his bill worth Rs 1.16 lakh.

Altaf Ahmad Ganai, a contractor, had lodged a report with the vigilance organisation alleging that Shah was demanding a bribe from him for passing a bill worth Rs 1.16 lakh against a work.

A case has been registered against him.

In another case, the vigilance organisation filed a charge-sheet in the court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Srinagar against Abdul Rashid Darzi, a head constable.

The accused was caught red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 700 from Saleem Ahmad Sofi for extending help in the investigations of a case on July 11 last year.

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