Pathak had demanded Rs 25,000 to give recognition to the Atal Anjuman School run by the complainant Mohammad Hussain Pathan (representative image)
The Madhya Pradesh EOW has caught an employee of the state education department stationed in neighboring Narsinghpur district while taking bribes of Rs 15,000, an official said.
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The Madhya Pradesh Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) has arrested an employee of the state education department stationed in neighboring Narsinghpur district for taking bribes of Rs 15,000, an official said. The accused, Hariom Pathak, who is the block resources coordinator of the education department, was arrested Friday for accepting the money he wanted for granting recognition to a private school, EOW Police Inspector Devendra Singh Rajput told PTI .
Pathak had demanded 25,000 rupees in recognition of the Atal Anjuman School, run by the complainant Mohammad Hussain Pathan, he said. The complainant had paid the first installment of Rs 10,000 earlier this week while handing over the remaining amount to the accused on Friday when he was caught in the act, Rajput said, adding that Pathak has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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