Kathua, Jun 21 (KNO): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday said to have arrested an absconding Head Constable Roshan Din of Police Station Kathua in a trap case.
ACB spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that a case under FIR number 12/2025 under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered in Police Station ACB Jammu against public servant namely HC Roshan Din, No. 432/K of Police Station Kathua regarding demand/acceptance of illegal gratification from the complainant on account of deleting or removing his name from the list of accused persons in a case under FIR number 193/2025 registered at P/S Kathua, even though the complainant provided CCTV footage/attendance of the factory to the accused public servant on the date of occurrence in order to prove his innocence.
"But accused public servant after accepting bribe amount of Rs 15000 from the complainant, sensing the presence of ACB on spot, fled away from the spot and threw the tainted bribe money in the bushes on the NHW near Palli. The tainted bribe money was recovered from the bushes by independent witnesses and seized in the instant case," the spokesman said.
"Now Anti-Corruption Bureau Jammu finally arrested the said absconding public servant on 20-06-2025 in the case at hand and further investigation of the case is in progress," the spokesman added—(KNO)