School headmaster gets five years in jail for taking bribe of Rs 2,000

 

Chhatarpur (MP):  A court in Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh has sentenced the headmaster of a school to five years in jail for taking a bribe of Rs 2,000 from a guest teacher.

Chandrabhan Sen was convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act by special court judge Sudhashu Sinha on Saturday and was also fined Rs 30,000, special public prosecutor KK Gautam told media.

Sen, in charge headmaster of a government middle school in Surajpurakalan, some 65 kilometres from the district headquarters, had taken a bribe of Rs 2,000 from guest teacher Laxmikant Sharma to allow him to join work.