Anantnag, Aug. 24 -- The Court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Anantnag, presided over by Masarat Roohi, has convicted Habibullah Kumar, then Junior Assistant in the Rural Development Department, in a corruption trap case dating back to 2009.
The case stems from FIR No. 25/2009 registered under Section 5(1)(d) read with 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act at Police Station Vigilance Organisation Kashmir (now Anti-Corruption Bureau).
According to the prosecution, on September 10, 2009, a complaint was filed by Bashir Ahmad Dar, a helper at the Block Development Office (BDO) Larkipora, Anantnag. The complainant alleged that after being granted in-situ promotion along with five other helpers, he approached Habibullah Kumar, then i...