Jammu: Passport official held for accepting bribe

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, April 13

The CBI today said it had arrested a senior passport official posted in the Jammu regional office for demanding and accepting Rs 4,000 as bribe from a complainant.

CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said the agency registered a case on a complaint alleging that Senior Passport Assistant Adarsh Kumar had demanded bribe for issuance of passport to the complainant.

“The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000. Searches were conducted at the residential premises of the accused in Jammu and Lucknow,” Joshi said.

The complainant said he had applied for a passport in January last year and contacted the RPO, Jammu, where he was allegedly informed that an FIR had been registered against him so issuance of passport was pending, the CBI spokesperson said.

“The complainant further informed the agency that he was acquitted in the said FIR. Thereafter, he visited the passport office and met Kumar and he allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 and agreed to accept Rs 4000 after negotiation,” he added.