Indore: Education officer held for taking bribe from school principal

Based on the complaint, a trap was laid and Shinde was caught red-handed by Lokayukta sleuths while he was taking Rs 20,000 bribe at his residence.

A District Education Officer (DEO) was caught red-handed here today by Lokayukta sleuths while he was allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a private school principal.

DEO Kishore Shinde had demanded the bribe from the complaint, Mohandas Vaishnav, principal of a private school, to give him clean chit in a case, Lokayukta Inspector Yuvraj Singh Chouhan said.

A complaint was earlier filed against Vaishnav by the parent of a ward that he was beaten in his school. The matter was reported to the district administration during a public hearing camp in November following which the authorities had asked Shinde to probe the issue, Chouhan said.

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The DEO, in order to give clean chit to Shinde, demanded Rs 50,000 bribe and as advance had already taken Rs 30,000 from him, he said.

Based on the complaint, a trap was laid and Shinde was caught red-handed by Lokayukta sleuths while he was taking Rs 20,000 bribe at his residence in Jaora Compound area, he said adding that subsequently, the DEO was arrested.

A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against him and further investigations are on.