Jharkhand government teacher’s child born dead, asked to pay Rs 50,000 bribe for leave

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Bharti Pandey, a teacher at Plus Two High School, Tarhasi, who was on deputation at Kasturba Gandhi CM Excellence School, Chainpur, had applied for child care leave (CCL) on July 3. Tiwari told The Indian Express, “We applied for child care leave because my wife already has two children and maternity leave was not applicable. He alleged that child care leave was sanctioned only after he informed the DC that the couple had lost their unborn child. “At around 7 pm, after I informed the DC about losing my child, we received the sanction order for 185 days of child care leave on WhatsApp. Story continues below this ad“The application submitted by the teacher was for child care leave, not maternity leave.