Overview

• Patwari Muzamil Salam was caught in Ramban red-handed accepting ₹2,500 after initially demanding ₹20,000 for land record corrections.
• Lineman-II Manzoor Ahmad Bhat of the Power Development Department was arrested in Baramulla for a ₹5,000 bribe to process a new electricity connection.
• Patwari Tahir Jan Malla in Budgam was detained for soliciting ₹2,000 to effect online sale deed mutations for land transfers.
• Each trap operation followed verified complaints and was led by gazetted officers in the presence of independent witnesses, triggering FIRs under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
• All three officials remain in custody as ACB investigations probe potential wider networks of collusion.