ACB nabs Primary Education Officer red handed taking bribe of Rs 1,30,000

Surendranagar:

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat police today nabbed a Primary Education Officer red handed taking a bribe of Rs 1,30000/- (One Lakh Thirty Thousand only) for payment of dues of a retired employee.

Sandeep A Shah (54), the in-charge PEO of Limbadi Taluka and a class 3 officer was nabbed from a middle school in Limabi today.

ACB DySP D P Chudasama today said that based on a complaint that he had demanded Rs 1,30000/- from a retired employee for payment of Rs 563274/- as the difference of payment and its interest. He had asked for 20% as commission and also demanded Rs 20000/- due for a similar earlier payment. Interestingly he had asked for the bribe despite the fact that a court had ordered for payment of the dues of the employee who had retired way back in 1994.

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