Baramulla: A day after social media was flooded with criticism over the vandalization of street vendor goods by Municipal Corporation officers in Baramulla, the government on Tuesday suspended four employees and directed the Executive Officer to recover the losses.
Meanwhile, the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies Kashmir directed Executive Officer Baramulla to place those involved under suspension and recover the losses suffered by vendors from them.
"The scenes were painful as the concerned staff of the Municipal Council has acted inhumanely with the street vendors," the suspension order reads.
"These kinds of practices are bringing bad names to the MC in particular and the department as a whole. I am conveying serious displeasure on this action of the Municipal Council Baramulla," reads the order copy.
"You are, therefore, directed to recover the losses suffered by these vendors from the concerned erring staff involved in such inhuman act and compensate the vendors accordingly," the order further read.
It also read that besides, all the concerned staff involved in the brutal action shall immediately be placed under suspension and relieved to this Directorate by today, and a detailed report in the matter be furnished to the Directorate.
Taking cognizance of the same, the Executive Officer Municipal Council Baramulla placed four employees under suspension with immediate effect and attached them to the office of the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies.
The employees named in the order copy include Sheikh Sajad Pervaiz (Khilafwarzi Assistant), Faizan Akbar Zunga (Demolition Guard), Sajad Ahmad Khanday (Sanitary Supervisor), and Nazir Ahmad Bhat (Cleaner.)
(KNO)
