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Kendriya Vidyalaya principal convicted for accepting bribe

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Press Trust of India Visakhapatnam
The Second Additional Special Judge for CBI cases G Sunitha, sentenced the then Eluru principal of Eluru Kendriya Vidyalaya Dandamuri Kalyani Sunder to simple imprisonment for two years, for accepting a bribe.

The judge who pronounced the judgement yesterday also ordered the accused to pay a fine of Rs 10,000, according to a CBI release issued here today.

According to the release, the accused D Kalyani Sundar, was caught red handed when he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a complainant T Santosh Kumar, who was a contractual primary teacher at Eluru Kendriya Vidyalaya, through his attender G A Swamy.
 

The bribe was accepted for rehiring the complainant as as primary teacher in Eluru Kendriya Vidyalaya, on a contract basis as well as releasing his salary for the month of August, 2012, the release said.

After regular trial, the court convicted the accused Kalyani Sundar for offences punishable under Section 7 and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(a)&(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the release said.

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First Published: Jul 31 2015 | 9:22 PM IST

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