BEO held on graft charge

A Block Education Officer (BEO) was today arrested by vigilance sleuths for allegedly taking a bribe from a man seeking attestation on a certificate of his wife in Bihar's Bhojpur district, an official said.
Acting on a complaint, a vigilance team arrested Mahesh Jha while he was accepting Rs 20,000 as graft from complainant Om Prakash, Director General of Police (DGP), Vigilance, P K Thakur said.
The BEO, posted at Tarari block, had demanded the bribe for attesting an 'Experience Certificate' of the complainant's wife Renu Kumari - a government school teacher - and sending a recommendation to his superiors so that her salary could be released, he said.

Jha was being brought to Patna for questioning before being produced before a designated special court, Thakur said.