Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir Government has removed a councillor of Jammu Municipal Corporation citing abuse of official powers stating that the councillor was apprehended in the act of accepting a bribe of 1000 rupees.
As per a government order, the Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) ordered removal of Jyoti Devi, councillor, Jammu Municipal Corporation, “caught red handed by sleuths of the Anti—Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting Rs 1000 as bribe.”
“Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(I) (b) of The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000, the government hereby removes Smt. Jyoti Yadav, councillor, ward No 53, from her office on the ground of abuse of her official powers, with immediate effect,” reads an order issued by the H&UDD.
This is the second such action in the past two years.
Earlier, it had removed president municipal committee Awantipora Bashir Ahmad Bhat for “abusing official powers.”
(KNO)