In-Charge Headmaster Umakanta Sahoo and part-time Instructor Pravat Kumar Pradhan of Bahada Project UP School, Nayagarh, were arrested in a bribery case on Friday.
The Vigilance policed of the Bhubaneswar Division, caught them red-handed while demanding and accepting Rs 1,500 from one Prasanna Kumar Sahoo of Banamalipur village under Fategarh police limits in Nayagarh in order to release bill amounting to Rs 5,850 towards supply of fire wood and vegetables to the school for midday meal (MDM).
While Headmaster Sahoo was making a similar demand earlier, Prasanna had approached the Vigilance and lodged his complaint.