Maha: School headmaster held for taking bribe from teacher
Press Trust of India | March 10, 2021 | 09:31 AM IST | 1 min read
The teacher lodged a complaint with the Palghar unit of the ACB which laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting Rs 2,000
PALGHAR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the headmaster of a school in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly taking bribe from a teacher for clearing his salary dues, the ACB said on Wednesday.
The complainant was working as a sports teacher at the government-run ashram school in Dahanu area and its 35- year-old headmaster allegedly demanded Rs 3,000 from him to clear his dues for last year, the ACB said in a release.
The teacher lodged a complaint with the Palghar unit of the ACB which laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting Rs 2,000, as part of the total bribe amount, from the complainant in the school on Tuesday, the ACB said. A case was registered against the accused under relevant provisions, the release added.
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