Block Education Officer 'caught' taking Rs 5,000 bribe

Vigilance sleuths today caught a Block Education officer (BEO) red-handed while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 in Nawada district.
Acting on a tip off, a flying squad of the vigilance department laid a trap and arrested Anil Kumar Sharma, BEO of Nawada block while he was allegedly taking Rs 5,000 as bribe from a place on Main Road near Girls school, Nawada, a vigilance release said.
One Ashique Bari, a resident of Sihuli village under Aamas police station of Gaya district but posted as Urdu teacher in Middle school at Chandi village in Akbarpur block of Nazwada district, had lodged a complaint with the Vigilance Investigation Bureau stating that Sharma was demanding a sum of Rs 5,000 from him.

Sharma is also holding additional charge of Akbarpur block as BEO in Nawada district.
After verifying the complaint, the Vigilance department constituted a flying squad headed by Deputy SP Tarni Prasad Yadav, the release said.
Altogether 24 persons have been arrested in 23 trap cases conducted by the department so far in the year 2016.