A Bihar School Education Board (BSEB) assistant was arrested on graft charge by the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) here today, an official release said.
Acting on a complaint, a VIB team headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Munna Prasad laid a trap and arrested BSEB assistant Anil Kumar Singh as soon as he took a Rs 50,000 bribe at his house in Indrapuri locality from one Harendra Singh, a native of Bhojpur district, the release said.
Singh had demanded Rs one lakh as bribe from the complainant to forward a file related to a probe report regarding a college to senior officials, it said.
The tainted BSEB assistant was taken to the vigilance headquarter for interrogation, the release said adding, he would be produced at a designated vigilance court tomorrow.