Overview

• PSI Murtaza Rehman, in-charge of the Police Post at GMC Jammu, and his driver Himanshu Sharma were arrested for soliciting and accepting a Rs 13,000 bribe.
• The bribe was allegedly demanded from a vendor seeking permission to operate a mobile kiosk at the college's exit gate.
• After the vendor refused to pay and filed a complaint, the Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted a verification and registered an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
• A trap team, led by a gazetted officer and involving independent witnesses, successfully caught the accused red-handed during the transaction.
• Searches of the accused's residences are ongoing under judicial and independent oversight as the investigation continues.