Three junior engineers suspended

Kolhapur, Feb 22 (UNI) The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) today suspended three junior engineers over negligence in discharging duty.

The suspension order of Hemant Jadhav, Ramesh Kamble and Rajendra Velhal was passed by the KMC Commissioner Kunal Kumar, a KMC spokesperson said.

In this connection, the civic body had yesterday suspended muster-roll in-charge Mahadev Gavli, who had accepted money from the workers by marking them present on the duty while they were absent.

Gavli used to mark them present by taking the signature of one Shiavaji Sadguru, a handicapped person who runs a tea stall, he said.

Effectively, a scam of about Rs 39,900 took place from 2001 to 2006, which came to light recently. The investigations revealed that Sadguru's name was not mentioned in the register.

When Sadguru became aware of the news, he lodged a compliant with the Commissioner, demanding detailed investigation into the matter and action against those involved in the scam.

Sadguru, in a letter addressed to Mayor recently, threatened to commit self immolation if the action was not initiated against the guilty.

On investigation, it was revealed that the three engineers had not looked into matter and signed on the muster-roll maintained by Gavli, he added.

UNI