ACB Arrests RDD Clerk in Anantnag Bribery Trap

Overview

• The accused is Manzoor Ahmad Ahanger, a clerk posted in the Rural Engineering Wing of the Rural Development Department in Anantnag.
• FIR No. 06/2025 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered at Police Station ACB Anantnag following verification.
• A trap team apprehended the clerk while demanding and accepting the bribe, and the cash was recovered in the presence of independent witnesses.
• The complaint concerned payment for a bill submitted after completion of an irrigation Ladh constructed by the complainant’s father.
• Investigators searched the accused’s residence in the presence of Executive Magistrates, and the bureau said the probe continues while urging citizens to report bribe demands.