Hunsur CMC officer fined Rs 25,000 for not giving CCTV camera footage to RTI activist
Hunsur: The Karnataka Information Commission has fined a City Municipal Council officer here Rs 25,000 for not handing the CCTV camera footage of the Municipality office to an applicant, in violation of the instructions of the Commission.
J B Obaidullah, an RTI activist of the Hunsur Muslim Block, had asked on February 3, 2022 for footage of the CCTV camera at the CMC office, under the provisions of the RTI Act. The activist had also paid the requisite fees to get access to the footage.
The Municipality, however, responded on October 21, 2022 that there was no backup of the CCTV camera footage asked for by the activist.
Obaidullah complained to the Commission about the failure of the CMC to hand him the footage. Also, while the Commission has ordered that applicants be given the information asked for within 30 days of the submission of application, the CMC had not fulfilled the demand of the applicant for more than 300 days. Instead, the Municipality had merely responded that the footage was unavailable.
The Commission, considering this a violation of the RTI Act, has fined the City Municipality officer, Chandru, Rs 25,000.
State Information Commissioner H C Sathyan has ordered the officer to pay the fine in one instalment and return within deadline the fees collected from the applicant for the CCTV camera footage. The officer has also been instructed to submit a report on the matter to the Commission.
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Man killed in flat ceiling plaster crash, wife and son hurt
Thane (PTI): A 45-year-old man was killed, and his wife and son were injured when a portion of plaster from the ceiling collapsed in their flat in a seven-storey building in Thane on Saturday, officials said.
Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said the 16-year-old building is not listed in the "dangerous" category.
"The incident occurred in Karumdev Society at about 3 am. The plaster of the hall in a flat on the terrace floor suddenly fell while the occupants were asleep", he said.
Of the four people who were inside the room, two suffered minor injuries and were discharged after primary treatment, Tadvi stated.
The injured persons were identified as Arpita More (42), who suffered minor head injuries, and her son Arush More (16), who sustained injuries to both legs.
Manoj More (45), who sustained chest injuries, died during treatment at a private hospital.
