- I Paid A Bribe
- 12 years ago
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Trapped!
- Education
- Admission to School
- Paid INR 1,000
In 1991 I wanted my son to be admitted in std.ist in vernacular (marathi) school run by the ********** edu.society. i approached him with a request to admit my child in his primary school. he asked me to pay inr.4,000/- as illegal donation. i refused to pay the same and questioned him when the primary school is aided by the State in all respect, then why he asked me to pay illegal donation in the form of capitation fee. so i studied the provisions of prevention of corruption act,1989 u/s.2(c)(xii). as per this provision he was designated as public servant. so i again made him request to reduce the amount of donation. so he asked me to bring rs.1000/-. i even did not ready to pay that amount too. so same day i approached the dy.suptd.of police, anti-corruption bureau and lodged the complaint that one public servant is asking me money to admit my child in standard ist that to in marathi medium (vwernacular). at the outset the dy.s.p. refused to lodge my complaint and take action as per law. so i apprised him with the legal provision of the prevention of corruption act,1989. and insisted him to take action against the corrupt secretary of education society. i also told the police officer, if he did not take cognizance of my grievences then i shall knock the doors of judiciary u/s.156(3) cr.p.c. then the police officer came to know that i am a legal minded person and he has to take action in this matter. so he asked me to come next day with amount demanded by the secretary of the primary school. he also told me that he is taking a strict action very first time in the state of maharashtra. next day i approached the anti-corruption burau,thane with the amount. the officials made panchnama of currency notes and noted down its numbers in panchanama. each and every currency note was applied the chemical powder and gave it to me. they instructed me that one person who was panch will accompnay me. in front of him i had to hand over the notes to the secretary. there were 10 police officers and personnels in plain cloths accompany me in the school premises. they also instructed me that when the amount is accepted by the secretary, i must remove my spect from my eyes when i come out of the office. as soon as i came out i removed my spects from my eyes and immediately a trap was laid and booked a clerk of society who accepted the money. the clerk was arrested and asked by the police under whose instructions you accepted money from the parent i.e.(me). he pointed his fingure to the secretary of the society. instantly the police booked the secretary too alongwith the clerk. the police officer told me that my child's admission is confirmed in 1st standard. when the incident came to notice of the public, everybody was congratulated me, for showing such a courage to take legal action against this corrupt secretary of the education society. next day so many newspapers published and flashed the news on front page with details. my child was studied in the same primary school for four years, thereafter he matriculated from the secondary school of same society. now my child is final year student of government law **********, churchgate, mumbai so everybody must know that the educational institutions if conducted by private management and if such institutions are receiving grant-in-aid in any form or some governmental facilities, then the office bearers of the society/trust are the public servants as defined under section 2(c)(xii) of the prevention of corruption act,1989 and their every illegal act is punishable by law. in this way my child was admitted in primary school, later on the money of trap was refunded to me by the anti-corruption bureau. after getting my child admitted, i again visit the head mistress of the primary school and made her understand that my child must not be victimised due to the trap of the anti-corruption bureau, otherwise i shall take up the very serious matter before the education department. which may cost you.