Overview

• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an Assistant Accounts Officer and a Junior Assistant from the Public Works Department in Surankote on May 6, 2025.
• The officials were caught red-handed accepting bribes of Rs 20,000 and Rs 5,000, negotiated down from initial demands of Rs 30,000 and Rs 8,000, to process a complainant's GPF payment of Rs 5,04,634.
• The arrests followed a bribery case registered by the CBI on May 5, 2025, and a subsequent trap operation conducted the next day.
• Both accused were presented before the Special Judge for CBI Cases in Jammu on May 7, 2025, and remanded to one-day police custody to facilitate further investigation.
• Searches at the accused officials' residences and offices in Poonch led to the recovery of incriminating evidence, bolstering the ongoing anti-corruption inquiry.