Officer misused flood relief, dumped it in Bijbehara: Veery
ANANTNAG: Employees staged a flash strike after member of Legislative Council and senior National Conference leader, Dr Bashir Ahmad Shah (Veeri) allegedly slapped a senior administrative official inside Anantnag Deputy Commissioners office, reports said.
MLC was reportedly furious at alleged misuse the relief meant for the flood survivors.
The Incident took place inside the office DC Office on Thursday when MLC Bashir Ahmad Veeri lost cool while enquiring about the alleged fraud done in the distribution of flood relief material and slapped the Additional Deputy Commissioner.
Sources said that soon after the incident, dozens of employees struck their work and staged a protest
demonstration against the NC leader.
Protesting employees were demanding registration of FIR against the NC leader.
“We will continue our protest till police registers FIR against the legislator who resorted to vulgarism and slapped the senior government officer inside the office of Deputy Commissioner,” said Mohammad Akbar, a protesting employee. He further said that employees will be on strike till the Anantnag Police does not take any action against the guilty.
Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Syed Tasaduq Geelani and Chief Planning Officer were present inside the DC office when the incident took place, sources revealed.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Shabir Ahmad refused to take calls from Kashmir Observer. However hundreds of National Conference workers countered the employees by holding anti-administration protests inside DC office. They raised high pitched slogans against the official and accused him of distributing the flood relief material among the workers of Peoples Democratic Party.
MLC Bashir Ahmad Veeri on being contacted denied the allegations. “How could I slap an official, I am myself a legislature and know the law of the land. Tone of my argument was slightly high which the official misused to hide his corrupt deals,” Veery alleged.
Veery alleged that the accused officer distributed relief in non flood affected areas. “They have dumped the relief aid in forest division Bijbehara and are distributing the aid in non-flood affected areas which is unacceptable to us.” Veeri said.
Pertinently, after poll results were announced, people in this southern district have held numerous protest demonstrations against the administration and have accused them of disbursing the relief material on political considerations.
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