Raichur Zilla Panchayat clears contractor’s dues after court orders seizure of CEO’s car
Raichur: A court here on Thursday ordered seizing the government car of Raichur Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer over non-payment of outstanding dues related to the construction of class rooms that were carried out in 2009-10.
The construction works were undertaken by a local first-class contractor Channabasava after public property was damaged owing to natural disaster related incidents in Veerapur village of Sindhanur taluk.
Despite completion of the works carried at estimated cost of Rs 2.15 lakhs, the amount was left unpaid by the Zilla Panchayat.
The contractor reportedly approached officials and the Zilla Panchayat office several times. With all efforts going in vain, contractors approached the Sindhanur Senior Sessions Court. The court, which heard the case, ordered a total of Rs. 8.22 lakhs to be paid along with the outstanding amount along with interest.
On Thursday the court, noting that the Zilla Panchayat had failed to implement the previous order, ordered the seizure of the car belonging to ZP CEO.
Zilla Panchayat clears dues after court orders seizure
As the court staff and lawyers moved to seize the car, the Zilla Panchayat officials immediately handed over the cheque amounting to Rs 8.22 lakhs to the court, following which the court cancelled the seizure.
In the meantime, the contractors refused to accept the cheques and demanded a payment through Demand Draft (DD) or RTGS. The contractor and his legal representatives argued that issuing cheques could create problems. However, officials brought the situation to a calm by saying that the cheques were being submitted to the court temporarily in the wake of the bank employees' strike.
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Body of Bihar Police personnel found hanging in barracks in Patna
Patna (PTI): The body of a Bihar Police personnel was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his barracks here, a senior officer said on Sunday.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Kartikeya Sharma said a havildar with Bihar State Armed Police-1, popularly known as "Gorkha battalion", died allegedly by suicide as he had been suffering from some ailment.
The deceased left behind "two suicide notes", one in Hindi and the other in his native language Nepali.
"From the suicide notes, it appears that Navraj Sunar, the deceased havildar, had been suffering from some ailment which had caused him much mental anguish and may have driven him to take the extreme step," the SSP said.
The body was being sent to the native village of the deceased in Nepal after a post-mortem examination, while further investigations were on, with forensic experts inspecting the site of the incident.
