Srinagar, Dec. 2 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday filed a charge-sheet against Dr. Bilquees Ara Sidique, then in-charge Scientist-C at the Pollution Control Committee (PCC) Srinagar, in a bribery case.

According to an ACB statement, the charge-sheet in FIR No. 02/2024 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was submitted before the Additional Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Court, Srinagar.

According to the ACB, the case was registered on January 8 this year following a written complaint alleging that the accused had demanded Rs 20,000 as bribe for issuing a 'Consent to Operate' certificate for a bakery unit located at Industrial Estate Khunmoh.

A trap was subsequently laid, and Sidique was cau...