Chhattisgarh Police on Saturday arrested two government teachers for taking money from a man in the name of providing a favourable posting as a teacher to his wife in the School Education Department in Bilaspur.
Bilaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Parul Mathur said the mastermind Yogesh Pandey (37) and his accomplice Nandkumar Sahu (30) have been taken into custody.
Pandey and Sahu are posted at the office of the Block Education Officer (BEO) in Tilak Nagar in Bilaspur.Complainant Bhupendra Sahu, a lecturer in a government school in Janjgir-Champa district, lodged a case against them with the police under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act on Friday.
In January 2022, the complainant’s wife Lalita was named in the list of selected candidates who qualified the 2019 entrance exam conducted for the vacant posts of teachers in the state.
On January 22, Nandkumar made a phone call to Bhupendra and offered him to get a favourable posting for his wife in Bilaspur region.Nandkumar made frequent phone calls to Bhupendra and he demanded Rs 85,000 for the posting. When Bhupendra did not respond, he threatened Bhupendra to withhold his wife’s posting.After this, Bhupendra gave Nandkumar Rs 52,000 and also transferred Rs 33,000 through net banking into Nandkumar’s bank account number on January 23 and 26 respectively.
Police detained Nandkumar from his house in Bandhwapara area in the city.He confessed his involvement in the crime and he named another government teacher who was his partner in the crime.Nandkumar told the police that Pandey lured him to make calls to select candidates and get Rs 5,000 for each posting.
Police also arrested Pandey and recovered Rs 18,000 of the bribe money from him. A court sent them to jail.