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Govt employee arrested on graft charges

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Press Trust of India Srinagar

Abdul Qayoom Khan, Junior Assistant in the SDM Office, Uri, was arrested yesterday while he was allegedly accepting the bribe from complainant Lal Din, a spokesman of the SVO said

Din lodged a written complaint with SVO Kashmir stating that Khan was demanding a bribe to release compensation to him in lieu of 12 walnut trees which were felled to make way for construction of a road in Balkote area of Uri.

During investigation, the SVO officials laid a trap and the accused employee was caught, the spokesman said.

  

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First Published: Jul 29 2010 | 9:47 PM IST

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