CBI arrests revenue official on bribery charges in J-K’s Udhampur

JAMMU:  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a revenue official for accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a man for processing an application in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.

They said the ‘patwari’ of the Sudh Mahadev area of Chenani tehsil was arrested on Saturday after he was caught red-handed accepting the bribe.

The complainant had applied for issue of ‘Fard’ (revenue extract — a document containing land ownership and other details) for his land, but his online application was rejected without any valid reason, a CBI official said. PTI