Hardoi (UP), Jun 4 (PTI) A case has been registered against six persons, including an executive engineer, after officials found government records being burnt at the central store of the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural) in Hardoi district, police said on Thursday.
According to officials, the matter came to light during an inspection at the Jal Nigam’s central store on Jail Road in the Kotwali City area on Wednesday morning.
During the inspection, officials reportedly found that a large volume of government documents were being burnt inside the locked warehouse.
The watchman, Mewa Ram, who opened the lock, fled the spot soon after, police said.
During the operation, police detained two private individuals, Rituraj Tripathi and Vipin Mishra, for questioning.
Based on a complaint lodged by the area revenue official, Viresh Kumar, an FIR was registered at Kotwali City against executive engineer (XEN) Navneet Singh, assistant engineer Amit Kumar Singh, Mewa Ram, caretaker Salik Ram, along with Tripathi and Mishra.
The six men have been booked under provisions relating to destruction of government records, damage to public property and criminal conspiracy.
Circle Officer Ankit Mishra said police received information at 8 am on Wednesday that important documents were being burnt at the Jal Nigam’s central store, adding that the FIR was registered on the complaint of Lekhpal Viresh Kumar. PTI COR CDN ARI
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