<p class="bodytext">The anti-corruption branch of the CBI arrested the principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya (I) in Rajnagar, Hubballi, recently on charges of demanding a bribe from the parents of a student for giving a seat in the school.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Principal Siddharoodha T Mathre is charged with demanding Rs 50,000 from an armyman Basavaraj Sannapoojar, who wanted to get his son admitted to the fourth standard after being transferred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The student in question, Chetan, was studying at the KV in Chandigarh, where his father was posted. Basavaraj, a native of Hubballi, was transferred to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. So, he wanted to shift his family to his native place and admit his son to the KV.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When he approached Siddharoodha to get his son admitted, Basavaraj was shocked when the principal demanded Rs 50,000 or a mixer grinder and five bottles of high-quality liquor available at the military canteen. Basavaraj registered a complaint with the CBI, Bengaluru branch. The investigation agency, which registered a complaint and conducted a preliminary investigation, took Siddharoodha to Bengaluru and arrested him on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the news of the arrest spread, several parents who got their children admitted there, after being transferred, said the principal had taken money from them also.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The anti-corruption branch of the CBI arrested the principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya (I) in Rajnagar, Hubballi, recently on charges of demanding a bribe from the parents of a student for giving a seat in the school.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Principal Siddharoodha T Mathre is charged with demanding Rs 50,000 from an armyman Basavaraj Sannapoojar, who wanted to get his son admitted to the fourth standard after being transferred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The student in question, Chetan, was studying at the KV in Chandigarh, where his father was posted. Basavaraj, a native of Hubballi, was transferred to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. So, he wanted to shift his family to his native place and admit his son to the KV.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When he approached Siddharoodha to get his son admitted, Basavaraj was shocked when the principal demanded Rs 50,000 or a mixer grinder and five bottles of high-quality liquor available at the military canteen. Basavaraj registered a complaint with the CBI, Bengaluru branch. The investigation agency, which registered a complaint and conducted a preliminary investigation, took Siddharoodha to Bengaluru and arrested him on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After the news of the arrest spread, several parents who got their children admitted there, after being transferred, said the principal had taken money from them also.</p>
