Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Mar 18: A team of Anti Corruption Bureau officials arrested headmaster of the government school at Hiriadka. The headmaster concerned has been accused of demanding bribe for passing bill under government's 'Shoe Bhagya' scheme.
The arrested person has been identified as M K Vasudeva, headmaster of government model higher primary school, Hiriadka.
After being informed that Vasudeva was pestering the concerned to pay bribe for releasing bill amount under the scheme under which shoes and socks are provided free of cost to students by the government, ACB officers along with other staff raided the office of the headmaster concerned on Saturday March 17 and arrested him red-handed when accepting bribe of Rs 7,000.
On being produced in the court, the judge remanded Vasudeva to two weeks judicial custody.
Shoes had been supplied to the students of the school by a private firm in Manipal. The total bill amount was Rs 1, 09,000 and the headmaster is said to have sought illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 in order to release this amount. After negotiations, this amount had been brought down to Rs 7,000.
ACB officials claim that in the past too there was a complaint against this headmaster about collecting money from students illegally and the higher authorities had found that the headmaster was guilty in this case.
The raid was conducted under the guidance of ACB (west) superintendent of police, Shruthi, by deputy superintendent of police of ACB, Dinakar Shetty, as well as inspectors, Jayaram D Gowda and Sathish BS along with some other officials.