Two employees of the District Education Office (DEO) here and a retired Senior Clerk of the DEO were arrested by the Vigilance police on Tuesday when they were taking bribe of Rs1,000 from a person to provide clearance to the authorities of a school for issuing a duplicate School leaving Certificate (SlC).
Cuttack Vigilance DSP Aditya Narayan Pratihary said one Sasmita Samal, a resident of Maharkula village, had recently applied for a duplicate SCl from the Maharkula Girls’ School. The school authorities asked her to get clearance from the DEO for the purpose.
When DEO Junior Clerk Ramesh Chandra Parija demanded bribe of Rs1,000 for doing the job, she brought the matter to the notice of the Vigilance authorities. As Sasmita Samal paid the bribe at the DEO, Vigilance sleuths caught Parija, Peon Surjyamani Panda and retired Senior Clerk Sarat Chandra Behera.