BH-VIGILANCE

An Education department

official was arrested here on Thursday by Vigilance sleuths

while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a woman teacher for

payment of salary.

According to Deputy SP (Vigilance), Gopal Paswan, a

complaint had been received from Shagufta Naz Fatmi, who

taught at a government school in the district that she had not

received her salary for about a couple of years and Block

Education Officer, Sono, Rama Shankar Sahu had demanded a

bribe to release her payments.

"A trap was accordingly laid and Sahu was arrested

while accepting the bribe at his residence. After

interrogation he will be produced before the designated court

in Patna before being sent to jail", Paswan told reporters.

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