Facing salary cut for absence, exe engineer accuses DM of assault
Varanasi: An executive engineer of the irrigation department in Azamgarh district, Arun Sachdeva, sent a letter to his senior officers alleging district magistrate
Ravindra Kumar
misbehaved and assaulted him at his office.
The DM, however, refuzed to comment on these allegations.
Though the DM did not comment, copies of one of his orders went viral on social media late Saturday evening and it was stated therein that DM and SP went to areas affected by floods annually for inspection on May 25 and Sachdeva, executive engineer of the department's flood division in Azamgarh, was found absent.
When officials tried to ascertain his location, Sachdeva was found in Gorakhpur, despite the DM's order not to leave district headquarters without permission from official concerned.
His act was termed as indiscipline and violation of the order of a senior officer.
The DM ordered to hold back his salary for the May. Sachdeva was also targeted by senior officials as he allegedly avoided providing a list of areas that were affected by floods every year.
A letter from Sachdeva, addressed to the head of the irrigation department in Lucknow, went viral on social media on Saturday. In the letter, Sachdeva alleged that the DM summoned him to his camp office on Friday and that he was asked to deposit his mobile phone at the office before entering the DM's chamber.
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Sachdeva alleged that the DM assaulted and misbehaved with him.
Sachdeva informed chief engineer of the flood division about the matter and wrote a two-page letter to the department head, expressing his inability to work in the district. When reporters tried to contact Sachdeva, he refused to speak about the incident, mentioning he had already conveyed his concern to higher authorities through a letter.
On the other hand, when the DM was contacted, he denied making any comment and stated that he had been sent by govt to accelerate pace of development work and welfare programmes and was doing the same.
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