A special team of vigilance arrested Kaushal Kishor Choubey, Block Education Officer of Padma block while taking Rs 5000 as bribe from a para-teacher Hari Yadav. The vigilance team led by DSP Ajay Kumar Mishra arrested the BEO from Hazaribagh town near Jain Petrol Pump at 10:30 am on Monday.
Hari Yadav, para-teacher of Semar Barha village school of Padma block, has informed the vigilance department that BEO is demanding bribe for his work.
After investigation, department constituted a team accompanied by Special Magistrate Amit Kumar.
Hari Yadav said that to get the benefit of career advancement scheme he was eager to participate in the departmental training program called DElED. For this he needed recommendation of BEO. When he met BEO Choubey he demanded Rs15000 for recommending his name.
Para-teacher Hari Yadav then contacted vigilance, Ranchi. He talked about the money and finally the BEO agreed to forward his name after getting Rs 5000. Monday 30th September '13 date was fixed for giving the money and in the morning Hari Yadav rang the BEO who resides at Suresh Colony, Hazaribagh.
BEO said him to reach near Jain Petrol Pump with the money.
The vigilance team members reached near the spot with Hari Yadav where the BEO came at about 10:30 am. As he took the money the team caught him and took him under custody. At about 3 pm the team returned to Ranchi along with arrested BEO KK Choubey.
Besides DSP Ajay Kumar Mishra and Special Magistrate Amit Kumar, Inspector Prabhu Gope, Shamim Ahmad Khan, Anil Kumar Choudhary, Dinesh Kumar Singh, Premlal Mahto and Naresh Yadav took part in this operation as team members.