Lucknow:
A day after Lucknow's District Magistrate slapped and ordered the arrest of a junior employee demanding his Identity Card, the junior official was produced in court on Saturday.
The arrested man who was slapped by the DM was so petrified that he has denied that he was slapped - this is contrary to the visuals of him being slapped.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the incident. But surprisingly the media is not being allowed to cover the story.
Uttar Pradesh government on Friday night ordered a probe into Lucknow district magistrate Amit Ghosh repeatedly slapping a junior government employee who apparently did not respond to his queries on an indefinite strike call. (Read: Bureaucrat slaps his junior)
The probe will be conducted by Lucknow Commissioner, official sources said.
The incident occurred at the Agriculture Directorate where Ghosh had gone along with some civil and police officers to check the presence of the employees following a strike call given by some trade unions.
The slaps by a visibly agitated Ghosh in full view of the victim's colleagues triggered demands from the Opposition Congress for suspending the officer and filing a case against him.
The government staff has decided to go on an indefinite strike from today to protest against lathicharge on employees during a demonstration here yesterday.
The employees union leaders have demanded stern action against Ghosh who has also been criticised along with DIG Lucknow Prem Prakash for use of force.
"We condemn the incident and both the officers should be placed under suspension by the government. The employees will not buckle under pressure tactics of the administration," spokesman of the union Ramakant Mishra said.
"It is shocking for democratic norms that the DM, A K Ghosh has no hesitation in slapping employees and like in any other case when action is taken against anyone taking law into their hand, a case should be filed against him and DIG and they be suspended immediately", UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi told reporters.
The UPCC also demanded a judicial inquiry into the "barbaric lathi charge" on the agitating state government employees. (With PTI inputs)
The arrested man who was slapped by the DM was so petrified that he has denied that he was slapped - this is contrary to the visuals of him being slapped.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the incident. But surprisingly the media is not being allowed to cover the story.
Uttar Pradesh government on Friday night ordered a probe into Lucknow district magistrate Amit Ghosh repeatedly slapping a junior government employee who apparently did not respond to his queries on an indefinite strike call. (Read: Bureaucrat slaps his junior)
The probe will be conducted by Lucknow Commissioner, official sources said.
The incident occurred at the Agriculture Directorate where Ghosh had gone along with some civil and police officers to check the presence of the employees following a strike call given by some trade unions.
The slaps by a visibly agitated Ghosh in full view of the victim's colleagues triggered demands from the Opposition Congress for suspending the officer and filing a case against him.
The government staff has decided to go on an indefinite strike from today to protest against lathicharge on employees during a demonstration here yesterday.
The employees union leaders have demanded stern action against Ghosh who has also been criticised along with DIG Lucknow Prem Prakash for use of force.
"We condemn the incident and both the officers should be placed under suspension by the government. The employees will not buckle under pressure tactics of the administration," spokesman of the union Ramakant Mishra said.
"It is shocking for democratic norms that the DM, A K Ghosh has no hesitation in slapping employees and like in any other case when action is taken against anyone taking law into their hand, a case should be filed against him and DIG and they be suspended immediately", UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi told reporters.
The UPCC also demanded a judicial inquiry into the "barbaric lathi charge" on the agitating state government employees. (With PTI inputs)
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