Prayagraj, May 29 -- The Allahabad High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of suspended Shalini Srivastava, the District Basic Education Officer (BSA) of Deoria, in a case related to alleged bribery and abetment to suicide of an assistant teacher.

A single-judge bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan passed the order, observing that a government office cannot be allowed to become an "open shop for selling orders" by officials.

The FIR in the case was lodged on February 22 this year at the Gulriha police station in Gorakhpur district by Gudiya Singh, the wife of deceased Krishna Mohan Singh.

Krishna Mohan Singh had been serving as an assistant teacher since 2016 at Krishak Laghu Madhyamik Vidyalaya in Mandarsan, Gauri Bazar, Deori...