India, July 4 -- LUCKNOW The UP Vigilance Establishment has booked eight people, including a former basic shiksha adhikari (BSA) and former block education officer (BEO) of Sultanpur, for alleged irregularities in the recruitment of two assistant teachers and a clerk at a government-aided school in Sultanpur's Kadipur area around 10 years ago, said authorities.

It was alleged that the two assistant teachers, Ranjana Singh and Veer Vikram Singh, and clerk Vijay Vikram Singh, were family members and relatives of the then members of the school management committee, who died or quit the committee before and after the appointments were done. Moreover, around Rs.28 lakh bribe was paid to different people involved in the process of recruitment,...