In a bizarre incident, a headmaster swallowed a bank deposit slip of cash that he had allegedly received as bribe after seeing a Vigilance team at a government-run school in Kalahandi district on Thursday.
Drona Kumar Tandi, Headmaster at the Trishakti High School at Makaraguda under the Kegaon police limits, had demanded Rs 40,000 as bribe from a contractor for clearing his bill with regard to construction of a new building of the school. He asked the contractor to deposit the bribe amount in his bank account.
After depositing cash at the headmaster’s bank account, the contractor handed over the counter foil of the deposit slip of Rs 40,000 to Tandi.
On receiving information, the Vigilance sleuths reached the school to nab the accused in a case lodged by the contractor. However, Tandi swallowed the bank deposit slip.
During verification of the cell phone of the headmaster, the Vigilance sleuths found a received message regarding credit of Rs 40,000 deposited in cash mode by the complainant.
The Vigilance team apprehended Tandi and carried out searches at two locations to probe the case from disproportionate asset (DA) angle.
A Vigilance case in this connection was registered and investigation was in progress.
