Srinagar, Oct 31 : The Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Jammu, Haq Nawaz Zargar has convicted former Naib Tehsildar Faryad Ahmed and then Patwari Yadav Chander, sentencing both to four years of rigorous imprisonment and fine in a 2019 bribery trap case involving ₹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, read a statement.

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

The trap team headed by DySP Abdul Wahid Giri was constituted and, after pre-trap proceedings in presence of tw

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