Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) caught a principal of a Government school red handed while taking bribe from a teacher of his school for clearing his salary dues, officials said on Saturday.
ACB Chief, Mukesh Kumar Meena said, "A complaint was received from Subhash, a TGT of drawing subject at Government Boys’ Senior Secondary School in Old Seemapuri on December 1. He said that he was asked for a bribe of Rs50,000 by his school principal for clearing his salary dues of around Rs50-60 lakh."
The complainant alleged that the accused principal Jitender Kumar initially demanded 20 per cent share of his Advanced Career Promotion (ACP) scheme amounting to Rs50-60 lakh and later he agreed to clear the dues for Rs50,000. Subhash said he pleaded his inability to pay it in one go and suggested installments of Rs10,000, to which the accused acceded. later, he approached the ACB and lodged his complaint, after which a trap was laid to catch the accused red-handed.
A case under Section 7/13 Prevention of Corruption Act read with Section 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of IPC has been registered at ACB police station and probe is on, Meena added.