Special Police Establishment of lokayukta caught a clerk posted in the District Collector office in Rajgarh district headquarters on Wednesday for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000. On the leads provided by the clerk, the lokayukta police have also arrested accountant of District Education Office.
According to police sources, the two Government employees were demanding bribe from a school owner for continuing with the permission of the school, as the permission was cancelled by District Education Officer (DEO) on November 18.
Superintendent of Police lokayukta BN Singh said that the complainant Rambabu Sharma runs Hansvahini Gyan Mandir School in Rajgarh and in the last month the permission was cancelled by DEO.
later, to obtain the permission he had visited the District Education Office and district collector office but was not able to get the work done after making several rounds of the offices and later he came into contact with accountant of District Education Office Sunil Sharma and clerk at district collector office Omprakash Pushpak who assured him that they would facilitate permission and would require Rs 10,000 for the work.
Sharma agreed to pay the desired cash and decided to lodge a complaint with the lokayukta. After receiving the complaint lokayukta officials told the victim to ask the accused to collect the bribe and while collecting the bribe they were caught red handed.
The accused demanded Rs 10,000 from the victim. Initially the victim agreed to pay first installment of Rs 2000. A case under section 7 and 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered by the lokayukta.