Overview

• The ACB apprehended Liaquat Ali, a patwari in Halqa Thuthay Chak, after he was filmed accepting Rs 30,000 to enter a complainant’s wife into the land-mutation register
• Investigators say the official first demanded Rs 100,000 and agreed to take Rs 70,000 in two instalments before the trap captured the initial payment
• A Gazetted officer–led trap team conducted a discreet verification of the bribery allegation and recovered the cash in front of independent witnesses
• FIR No. 13/2025 was registered at the ACB’s Jammu police station under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, formally initiating the corruption probe
• ACB teams have begun a warrant-supported search of Liaquat Ali’s Kishanpur, Dungara, Billawar residence to seize assets and collect further evidence