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Bengaluru health inspector suspended for taking bribe from salon owner
The Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) suspended senior health inspector Rais Ahmed Aziz Mianavar on Aug 12 after a video allegedly showed him accepting a bribe from a hair salon owner in…
The Story in Brief
The Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) suspended senior health inspector Rais Ahmed Aziz Mianavar on Aug 12 after a video allegedly showed him accepting a bribe from a hair salon owner in Yelahanka. Sources said Rais Ahmed fainted while being caught. He was suspended under Rule 10(1)(a) of Karnataka Civil Services (CCA) Rules, 1957, pending a departmental inquiry.
The corporation received a complaint that Rais Ahmed demanded and took money from the salon owner for a trade licence and health inspection. Rais Ahmed denied taking illegal money. The suspension order said the alleged conduct was serious dereliction of duty violating Karnataka Government Servants’ Conduct Rules. During suspension, he will get subsistence allowance and cannot leave headquarters without permission.
The Indian Opinion
A video does the work of an anti-corruption bureau, but one-sided narratives rush to judgment. The suspended official denies the charge, and the inquiry is pending. Yet many social media users have already convicted him. A department test: will the video hold up to forensic scrutiny? That answer, not outrage, should decide his future.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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