Uttarakhand drinking water corporation's Kumaon in-charge chief engineer suspended

DEHRADUN : Drinking water corporation's Kumaon-in-charge chief engineer Sujit Kumar Vikas was suspended on Thursday on charges of violating the employee conduct rules.

According to an order issued here by Uttarakhand drinking water corporation chairman Shailesh Bagoli, superintending engineer Vikas, who was looking after the charge of chief engineer, has been suspended with immediate effect.

This action against Vikas has been taken on the basis of a complaint lodged by Sanjay Kumar. The complaint states that Vikas, while posted as superintending engineer in the drinking water corporation Dehradun in 2022, assured Kumar to get his firm Harsh Enterprises registered in the Uttarakhand drinking water corporation and get work in the department.

According to the complaint, in lieu of this, Kumar allegedly deposited a total of Rs 10 lakh in five installments in Kuchu-Puchu Enterprises through his firm.

During the investigation of this complaint, it was found that Vikas's wife Ranju Kumari is allegedly a partner in Kuchu-Puchu Enterprises. Vikas was asked to give an explanation in 15 days but he allegedly did not give any answer.