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SURAT: Lady principal of an ashram shala (residential school) was caught taking Rs 20,000 bribe from an employee in Borkuva village of Tapi district on Wednesday.
The principal, Damyanti Chauhan, had demanded bribe to complete formalities as per norms which made the employee eligible for a hike in salary. The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) sleuths caught Chauhan red-handed accepting money on Vyara-Unai Road where she had asked the complainant to come with the cash. ACB police inspector SH Chaudhary laid the trap under supervision of NP Gohil, assistant director, ACB, Surat.
According to government rules, the employee could get a salary hike only after the approval from the principal. He was also requesting Chauhan to get his service book scanned, but she refused to do it without money.