Jaffaria Waqf Directorate employee corruption case verdict set for today

TDT | Manama

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The High Criminal Court will announce its verdict today in the case of an employee of the Jaffaria Waqf Directorate who was accused of wasting money worth a whopping BD60 million in addition to receiving a bribe worth BD16,000 from a businesswoman. According to court files, the defendant was a director at the Directorate’s land classification department.

He allegedly received the bribe from the woman after he pledged to change the classification of land she rented from his organisation, but his failure to do so, prompted the woman to reveal what happened during a meeting with officials from the Jaffaria Waqf. She said that the defendant requested her to issue a BD16,000 cheque and without writing the receipt name.

As a result, his superiors launched an investigation which didn’t just conclude with that the defendant received a bribe, but he also wasted BD60 million.