Vigilance sleuths on Saturday arrested Ganjam district’s Ballavnayak High School Headmaster Trinath Nayak and Hindi teacher Bhagabat Mohanty for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs500 to issue a School leaving Certificate (SlC) and a marksheet to a matric passed out student. Pratima Maharana of P Nuagoan village under Ganjam district’s Kodala police station had lodged a complaint in this regard.
The Headmaster had demanded the bribe amount to issue SlC and mark-sheet to her son Manoj Kumar Maharana, who passed HSC examination this year. Accordingly, the Vigilance police laid a trap and caught the Headmaster and the Hindi Teacher while taking bribe of Rs 500 from the complainant. The case was still under investigation, an official release informed.