A income official posted within the Bisoli tehsil of this Uttar Pradesh district has been suspended after an audio recording of him participating in obscene conversations with a widow grew to become broadly circulated on social media, officers mentioned Wednesday.
The suspension was ordered by Subdivisional Justice of the Peace Rashmi Krishna and applied by Tehsildar Vijay Shukla, who additionally initiated a departmental inquiry into the matter.
Shukla mentioned, “The lekhpal (income official), Ramautar, was caught in an obscene telephone dialog with a widow who had approached him for registering her inheritance and verifying revenue certificates for presidency advantages.” “Upon studying concerning the viral audio, we instantly suspended him and commenced an investigation. Nevertheless, the girl has not but filed a proper written criticism,” the officer mentioned.
Officers mentioned the widow, a resident of a village within the Bisoli tehsil, had been visiting the income workplace for practically six months to get her inheritance registered. In August, she utilized for an revenue certificates however alleged that the lekhpal stored delaying the method.
Annoyed, she contacted the lekhpal over the telephone and he reportedly pressured her to get into bodily relations with him in trade for getting her work accomplished, the officers mentioned.
The widow had beforehand raised the difficulty with Krishna throughout a tehsil grievance day occasion, following which her inheritance was registered.
Nevertheless, the lekhpal continued to demand inappropriate favours, citing the preparation of the revenue certificates required for the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme, the officers mentioned.
The scenario escalated when the lekhpal’s obscene telephone dialog grew to become circulated on social media, prompting swift motion.
