No payment for six months: Civic worker commits suicide
Workers stage protest, two BBMP officers suspended
Bengaluru, July 09: Depressed over not paying him his salary for the last six months, a civic worker of BBMP committed suicide by consuming poison in Vyalikaval police station limits in the city on Sunday.
The deceased is identified as Subramanya (38) of Malleshwaram in the city. He has been working in the BBMP for the last 12 years as civic worker. But since six months, he was not given the salary. But he was being illtreated. Depressed over this, he committed suicide on Sunday late night, said family members.
Protest
Soon after the news spread, hundreds of civic workers and family members of Subramanya gathered near KC General hospital, shouted slogans against the BBMP and staged protest.
Two suspended
In view of the suicide of Subramanya, the BBMP commissioner Manjunath suspended two officers from the service. Citing their dereliction of duty, the Commissioner suspended BBMP East Zone health officer Umashankar and AEE Raju from the service.
Meanwhile, Mayor Sampath Raj visited the KC General Hospital and consoled the family members of Subramanya and announced Rs 5 lakh compensation on the spot.
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PWD, Google Maps officials booked in Bareilly bridge death case
Budaun (UP), Nov 25: Police here have booked officials of the Public Works Department and Google Maps in connection with the death of three men whose car rolled over an under-construction bridge while following directions on the navigation app, an officer on Monday said.
The car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge in Dataganj Police Station area early Sunday.
Nitin and Ajit, aged 30, both brothers from Farrukhabad district, and Amit, 40, from Mainpuri district, were on their way from Noida to Faridpur in Bareilly to attend a wedding.
According to police, the driver was led by Google Maps into taking the unsafe route.
The incident took place on the Bareilly-Budaun border.
Dataganj Police Station SHO Gaurav Bishnoi said an FIR on charges of laxity in duty and others was filed against four engineers of the PWD, along with some unknown people.
The regional officer of Google Map has also been brought under the scope of investigation. His name is yet to be included in the FIR.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson of Google in a statement said, "Our deepest sympathies go out to the families. We're working closely with the authorities and providing our support to investigate the issue."
On Sunday, Faridpur Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said, "Earlier this year, floods caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse onto the river, but this change had not been updated in the system."
He said the bridge had no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach.
