The principal of SKM college was today arrested from Darbhanga town by vigilance officials for allegedly taking bribe.
Acting on a complaint by one Gautam Kumar Chaudhary, a resident of Munger district, a Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) team led by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Munna Prasad laid a trap and caught Budhdev Prasad Singh from his office while he was taking a bribe of Rs 70,000 from the complainant, a vigilance department release said.
The principal of the government college had demanded the bribe of the said amount from Chaudhary for releasing payment for plantation of Mahogany tree and other works in the college, it said.
The vigilance department has so far laid 40 traps and arrested 44 public servants this year, the release added.
