Official of Asaka district administration arrested while receiving $8,000 in bribe
On February 1, chairman of the G. Yakubov block of the Agriculture Department under Asaka district khokimiyat, Andijan region, N.S. was arrested while taking $8,000 in bribe, Kun.uz sources reported.
Allegedly, the chairman of the G. Yakubov block N.S. promised citizen creation of an electronic map of agriculture for the construction of a “greenhouse” on the land of 0.3 hectares of land of the “Okbuyra agro” farm located in this9, and then registration of cadastral documents of this land. For his service, the lawbreaker demanded $15,000 in bribe.
On February 1, during an operative event, the official was caught with material evidence by law enforcement officers while taking $8,000 in bribe in his personal car, located in the parking lot of Asaka Dekhkon Bozori LLC.
According to Khayot Shamsutdinov, a spokesman for the Prosecutor General’s Office, criminal proceedings have been instituted under Articles 168, 28 and 211 of the Criminal Code.
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