unit of Lokayukta Police caught a Government school accountant red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 from a teacher in Balaghat district on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Vomendra Kumar Rokde (49), an accountant posted at Government Higher Secondary School, Kaydi, Waraseoni, Balaghat. The operation was conducted under the directives of Director General of Police (Lokayukta) Yogesh Deshmukh and the guidance of Deputy Inspector General Manoj Singh, as part of the ongoing campaign against corruption. Superintendent of Police Lokayukta Jabalpur, Anjulata Patle informed that the complainant, Narendra Kumar Dohare (53), an Assistant Teacher at Government Higher Secondary School, Kaydi, Waraseoni, had a pending salary arrears amount of Rs 27,528. The arrears were related to a pay anomaly for the period from July 2017 to December 2023. Out of the total arrears of Rs 94,085, he had already received Rs 66,557 while the remaining amount was yet to be released.

 

The accused, Vomendra Kumar Rokde (49), an accountant posted at the same school, allegedly demanded Rs 4,000 as a bribe for processing and releasing the remaining arrears amount. After receiving the complaint, the Lokayukta Police conducted a verification and found the allegations to be prima facie genuine. Acting on the complaint, a trap was laid on June 24, at the Government Higher Secondary School in Kaydi, Waraseoni. During the operation, Lokayukta officials caught Rokde red-handed while accepting the bribe amount of Rs 4,000 from the complainant inside the school’s staff room. Lokayukta police have registered a case against the accused under Sections 7, 13(1)(B), and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) and further legal proceedings are underway. The trap team included Inspector Rahul Gajbhiye, Trap Laying Officer Inspector Jitendra Yadav and other members of the Jabalpur Lokayukta Police team.