The Bihar Education Department has suspended an assistant teacher over allegations of serious financial irregularities, including cash withdrawals of more than Rs 1 crore from various accounts of a school where he previously served as acting headmaster.
Background
The accused, currently posted as an assistant teacher at Videhi Project Girls’ High School in Raipur, Samastipur, was the acting headmaster of Amshon Kunwar Higher Secondary School at Bharthipur in Vaishali district when the alleged irregularities took place. An official familiar with the matter stated,
“"The withdrawals were made from different accounts of the school and the total cash withdrawal was more than Rs 1 crore."
Allegations
The teacher is accused of failing to maintain the cashbooks of the student fund and development fund in accordance with financial rules. The department has also flagged alleged irregularities relating to vendors’ GST numbers and tax deductions, as well as purchases of materials without following the prescribed procedure.
