Srinagar, May 1, KDC: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch, Kashmir, has registered a formal corruption and extortion case against two Jammu & Kashmir Police personnel, including a serving inspector and an assistant sub-inspector, over allegations that they illegally extracted and accepted ₹18 lakh from parties connected to an earlier criminal case in Tral, Pulwama.
According to First Information Report (FIR) No. 16/2026 registered at Police Station Economic Offences Wing, Srinagar, under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, after a complaint by Ishfaq Ahmad Kar of Trali-e-Payeen, Tral, who alleged that he had been blackmailed and coerced by police officials during the investigation of an earlier case, FIR No. 56/2025, registered at Police Station Tral.
The complaint, initially submitted to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Awantipora, on July 27, 2025, was referred for a discreet inquiry by the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Tral. According to findings cited in the FIR, Inspector Tanvir Jahangir, then serving as Station House Officer of Police Station Tral, allegedly orchestrated a scheme in which ASI Javaid Iqbal, the investigating officer in the earlier case, was used to extort money from both the complainant and accused persons involved in that investigation.
The FIR, a copy of which is in the possession of news agency Kashmir Dot Com, alleges that Inspector Jahangir accepted ₹13 lakh as a bribe in exchange for settling the case, while ASI Javaid Iqbal allegedly extorted an additional ₹5 lakh, bringing the total alleged illegal collection to ₹18 lakh. Investigators concluded that both officers, along with other unidentified individuals, were prima facie involved in corruption and criminal misconduct.
The case has now been entrusted to a Deputy Superintendent level police officer for further investigation under Crime Branch supervision. (KDC)
