JAMMU, Oct 30: The Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Jammu, Haq Nawaz Zargar has awarded four years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) to former Naib Tehsildar Faryad Ahmed and the then Patwari Yadav Chander in a bribery case involving a demand and acceptance of Rs 90,000.

The case dates back to April 16, 2019, when complainant Javed Ashraf approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu alleging that the two revenue officials had demanded Rs 90,000 for issuing Fard Intikhab of two marlas of land at Jhajjar Kotli along the National Highway.

Acting on the complaint, ACB registered FIR No. 11/2019 under the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B RPC.

A trap team headed by DySP Abdul Wahid Giri was constituted and, after pre-trap proceedings in presence of two independent witnesses, the

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