Bhubaneswar, July 27 -- Barely three days before his retirement, the District Education Officer (DEO) of Kendrapara, Sanjib Kumar Singh, was arrested on Wednesday by the Odisha Vigilance officials for allegedly taking bribe.

Singh's superannuation was due on July 30.

Singh was apprehended by the anti-corruption sleuths while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a complainant for cancelation of his transfer order and modification of the same to another place as per the choice of the complainant. The entire bribe money has been recovered from Singh and seized.

The complainant has been identified as Santosh Kundu who is a fourth class employee of Nimpur school under Pattamundai Block in the district. As per the trap, Singh was caugh...