Srinagar, Feb 15: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped and arrested a principal of higher education department in Srinagar for accepting bribe.

One professor, Tariq Ashai who is the principal of GDC Pattan, was arrested red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rupees 60000 at SP College in Srinagar.

They said that on receipt of the complaint, a FIR was registered, under section & Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 in Police Station ACB north Kashmir and investigation was taken up.

Accordingly a trap team was constituted.

The trap team laid a successful trap and caught Tariq Ashai while accepting a bribe of Rs 60, 000 on the spot in presence of independent witnesses.

The official was taken to a police station in Srinagar and further investigation into the matter is going on.