JK: Former revenue official sent to 2 years in jail in corruption case

A court in Kashmir has sentenced a former revenue official to two years in jail in a corruption case.

Special anti-corruption Judge Naseer Ahmed Dar convicted Ghulam Mohammad Kumar of Behrampora Bandipora, then patwari halqa of Sagipora Sopore, in a corruption case registered against him in October 2006 and sentenced him to two years simple imprisonment.

The court also awarded him a fine of Rs 10,000.

In default of payment of the fine, the accused shall undergo further imprisonment of two months, the court said.

The case is of a written complaint filed by one Khurshid Ahmad, a resident of Sagipora, alleging that he had purchased a piece of land and obtained an agreement to sell it, an Anti-Corruption Bureau spokesman said.

Ahmad had further alleged that he approached the accused for making necessary entries in the revenue record who demanded Rs 5,000 as a bribe to make the necessary entries, he said.

An amount of Rs 2,500 as bribe was settled to be paid, the spokesman ...