ACB Traps Kathua Head Constable for Bribe; Accused Flees Scene
Kathua, June 14: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday reported that a Head Constable from Kathua Police Station was caught while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹15,000. However, the accused managed to flee the spot and remains at large.
According to a statement given to the Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau received a complaint against Head Constable Roshan Din (No. 432/K) of Police Station Kathua. The complaint alleged that while investigating FIR No. 193/2025, the officer demanded a bribe from the complainant in exchange for removing his name from the list of accused, despite the complainant submitting CCTV footage and factory attendance records to prove his innocence on the day of the incident.
“The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 25,000 from the complainant for deleting his name from case FIR No. 193/2025 registered at Police Station Kathua. After negotiation, the accused agreed to take a bribe amount of Rs 15,000 from the complainant,” the statement reads.
Since, the complainant didn’t want to pay the bribe and he approached the Anti Corruption Bureau for taking legal action against the accused public servant under law, it reads.
“On receipt of the complaint, a discreet verification was conducted, which confirms the demand of bribe by the public servant concerned and accordingly, a case FIR No. 12/2025 U/S 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered in Police Station ACB Jammu and investigation taken up,” the statement added.
During the course of investigation, a trap team headed by Gazetted rank officer was constituted. The team laid a successful trap and 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, it added.
“The tainted bribe money was recovered from the bushes by independent witnesses and seized in the instant case,” it reads, adding that the search was also conducted in the residential house of the accused in the presence of magistrate and independent witnesses. However, the accused person is still at large and investigation of the case is in progress—(KNO)
