Keonjhar: Odisha Vigilance on Tuesday apprehended the block education officer (BEO) of Ghatagaon in Keonjhar district while allegedly receiving Rs 15,000 bribe.
The BEO has been identified as Abhay Kumar Behera.
According to sources, the Vigilance team laid a trap and caught the BEO while he was accepting the bribe amount from an assistant teacher. He had allegedly demanded Rs 60,000 from a group of teachers to release their arrears and this was the first instalment.
A case has been registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018, and simultaneous searches have been launched at three locations in Keonjhar and Jajpur districts to ascertain disproportionate assets.
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