Jammu, Feb 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A junior Jammu and Kashmir government official in Samba district was arrested by the CBI on Saturday while accepting a bribe, an official statement said.
A CBI statement said that a case was registered against accused, Gopal Raj Sharma, junior assistant in district industries centre (DIC) Samba, following a complaint.
The complainant said that he had taken a DIC sponsored loan of Rs 10 lakh from the SBI, and to avail subsidy, needed a no objection certificate from the DIC for which the accused allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 to issue the certificate.
"The complainant alleged that the matter was settled at Rs 15,000. A trap was laid and the accused was arrested demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 15,000. He will be produced in the special CBI court tomorrow (Sunday)," the statement said.
Source: IANS
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