Initiating its drive against corrupt officials in the New Year, sleuths of the special police establishment of the lokayukta police here on Monday arrested a senior grade teacher of Government school Rajendra Deshmukh and a nodal officer while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000.
The accused had reportedly demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from complainant for certifying a children’s list of a private school students studying in RTE.
According to lokayukta DSP BS Parihaar informed that on Monday a principal of a private school - Blossom Academy located in Gandhi Nagar, lodged a complaint with the lokayukta police against a higher grade teacher of a government school in Gandhi Nagar, Rajendra Deshmukh, accusing him of demanding a bribe of Rs 5,000 for certifying children's list. The complainant identified as Vinita Verma informed that some children of her school Blossom Academy are being imparted free of cost education at her school under the Right to Education Act.
As per the rule, list of children pursing education in private school under the Right to Education Act has to be deposited to the education department after its certification from the nodal officer. This year the government had made Gajendra Deshmukh of Government Higher Secondary School Gandhi Nagar as coordinator for her school, the complainant said adding that when she approached the said coordinator, he demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 for certifying children's list.
Following complaint of Verma, a team of the lokayukta police led by lokayukt inspector Asha Shejkar was deputed outside Deshmukh's office. When Vinita Verma entered Deshmukh's office, the complainant asked her to pay the amount and keep it in an office almirah. While she was putting the cash in almirah, the lokayukta sleuths entered Deshmukh's office and seized the money from almirah. later a case was registered against Deshmukh under the Prevention of Corruption Act.