Mangaluru, Jun 1: Deputy director of Dakshina Kannada district pre-university (PU) education C D Jayanna has been suspended from his post on the charges of dereliction of duty during the recently held Assembly elections.
DK district deputy commissioner M R Ravikumar has issued the suspension order.
Sources said Jayanna was asked to be present during the election preparatory meeting convened by the DC on May 9. However, Jayanna had informed the officers concerned that he will not be able to attend the meeting as he was leaving for Bengaluru to submit documentsrelating to PUC supplementary examinations.
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Following this, he was served notice for dereliction of duty as he had left the district headquarters without permission when election process was underway.
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Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.
According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.
Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.
Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.
The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.
