Sunil Kumar Jaiswal (36), Assistant Grade III (clerk), posted at Prembhuvan Pratap Singh Government Higher Secondary School in Bhatgaon village of the district, was caught red-handed while accepting thebribefrom Narayan Prasad Sahu, anACBofficial told PTI.
The complainant Narayan's father Mohit Ram Sahu, who was posted as a peon at the school, died in January this year.
When the complainant contacted Jaiswal for the payment of GPF, insurance and gratuity of his deceased father, the accused allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 25,000, he said.
Jaiswal agreed to accept thefirst instalment of Rs 15,000 of the bribe at his office in school, the official said.
A trap was laid there and as the accused received thebribeamount he was apprehended.
A case under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 has been registered against the accused, he added.