Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Bhojpur police arrested Barhara Block Statistical Officer Arun Kumar and sent him to jail after interrogation on August 2, 2019, for allegedly taking bribe for making death certificate.
SHO, Barhara police station, Awadlhesh Kumar, said that a video of the Statistical Officer, Barhara Block, Arun Kumar, taking bribe from the family members of Jai Kumar Gwala of Hazari Tola in Khwaspur panchayat under Barhara police station in Bhojpur district went viral on social media.
Jai Kumar Gwala had died on January 17, 2019. After the death of Jai Kumar Gwala, his wife applied for his death certificate to the block office. Statistical Officer Arun Kumar signed the death certificate in the name of someone and demanded Rs 200 from her. She gave him Rs 100 but the officer pressurised her to part with Rs 200 and so she took back the note of Rs 100 and gave him a note of Rs 200.
When the video went viral on social media, senior officials of Bhojpur district became alert and Block Development Officer, Barhara block, Sushil Kumar, after verifying the authenticity of the video, found that the Statistical Officer was taking bribe for death certificate and so he instituted a named FIR against Statistical Officer, Barhara Block, Arun Kumar. Later, police swung into action and arrested the Statistical Officer and sent him to jail after interrogation.