MUMBAI, May 23 -- The Dahisar police on Thursday booked the principal of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) school and three of her relatives for allegedly cheating a home guard of Rs.2.5 lakh. The principal, Kamlabai Rathod, promised to get the home guard, Vaibhav Goregaonkar, a government job, claiming she had contacts in the Mantralaya, and refused to return the money taken as bribe when the job did not work out, police officials familiar with the case told Hindustan Times. According to the police, the 39-year-old home guard met Rathod in 2019 when he was posted in the BMC school where she was the principal. Rathod told Goregaonkar that she could help him get a government job as she was close to the personal assistant of then chief minister Eknath Shinde. "The principal, her husband, son and nephew told him it would take Rs.8 lakh to secure a job in the state public works department (PWD). The amount was later negotiated to Rs.6 lakh, and Goregaonkar was asked to pay Rs.3 lakh immediately and Rs.3 lakh after the job was confirmed within 45 days," said a police officer. In 2023, the home guard paid Rs.3.22 lakh but when the job did not materialise after 45 days, he asked for a refund. "They initially gave him a cheque and later returned only Rs.70,000, prompting the home guard to file a complaint," said the officer....