ACB arrests agriculture department official in Handwara for allegedly accepting Rs 40,000 bribe

Srinagar, Oct 12 (UNI) J&K's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested a senior assistant posted at the Sub-Divisional Agriculture Office, Handwara, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 for the release of a subsidy bill under the Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP). The accused, identified as Irshad Ahmad Peer, was caught red-handed in a trap laid by the ACB's Baramulla police station following a complaint that he had demanded the money to clear a subsidy bill for a tractor purchased by the complainant's brother under the HADP scheme. According to the ACB, a discreet verification of the…