Pune Education Sub-inspector held for demanding Rs 1-lakh bribe for teacher ID

A class2 subinspector from the education department in Pune has been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 1lakh bribe to approve a teacherrsquos mandatory Shalarth ID an anticorruption bureau ACB officer said on WednesdayThe accused 57yearold Raosaheb Mirgane is posted in the office of the divisional deputy director of education reported news agency PTIA Shalarth ID is an employee identification number for government and governmentaided school employees in Maharashtra It is linked to the centralised Shalarth portal which the government uses to manage payroll and service records for these employeesThe ACB officer stated that Mirgane allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from the assistant teacher of a secondary school in Solpaur District who has been working without a salary since 2016 as she did not have a Shalarth ID which is required for processing salary PTI reportedA proposal to generate the Shalarth ID was forwarded to the deputy directors office in Pune through the education officer on June 16Mirgane allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from the complainant for approving the proposal and speeding up the process the officer statedThe accused was held when he was allegedly accepting the money at his office on Tuesday reported PTIA case has been registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and further investigation is underway the ACB officer addedSpecial judge refuses bail to Mumbai court clerk arrested in Rs 15lakh bribery caseA special court in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bail plea of a civil court clerk arrested in a Rs 15lakh bribery case noting that the investigation is still underway and a coaccused mdash a sessions judge mdash remains absconding news agency PTI reportedSpecial Judge for AntiCorruption Bureau ACB cases Shayana Patil refused bail to Chandrakant Vasudeo who worked as a clerktypist under Additional Sessions Judge Aejazuddin Salauddin Kazi at the Mazgaon Civil Court in South Mumbai Judge Kazi has been named as a wanted accused in the caseVasudeo was arrested two weeks ago for allegedly accepting Rs 15 lakh from a businessman in exchange for a favourable order in a land dispute According to the ACB he had allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh for himself and Judge Kazi and was caught while accepting the negotiated sum of Rs 15 lakhAdvocate Vijay Desai appearing for Vasudeo argued that the allegations did not meet the requirements of the relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act reported PTI He submitted that all the electronic evidence including the accusedrsquos mobile phone and the SD card had already been seized and therefore there was no question of tampering with evidenceAdditional Public Prosecutor Prabhakar Tarange narrated the case details before the court stating that the accused had himself approached the complainantrsquos associate and shared his mobile number to seek the bribeTarange further submitted that a proposal for action against the absconding judge was pending before the Bombay High Court and that police needed to interrogate both the arrested clerk and Judge Kazi together to verify their phone calls and messages reported PTI He emphasised that the matter involved the judiciary and that failure to act strictly could erode public trust in the institutionThe investigating officer also told the court that the probe was ongoing and opposed the grant of bail until the coaccused is arrestedWith PTI inputs