SMC deducts security officer’s salary for failing to stop AAP councilor from carrying offensive banner

During the commotion, one AAP councilor had taken out a banner with offensive slogans and showed the same to the mayor and commissioner.

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In the SMC general board meeting of July 30, AAP councilors had taken on the ruling BJP on the civic body's alleged failure to prevent creek water from entering the city and flooding it during monsoon. (File Photo)

The Surat Municipal Corproation (SMC) has deducted five-day salary of its security officer for allegedly being negligent in duty and allowing one AAP councilor to show offensive banner in a general board meeting.

In the SMC general board meeting of July 30, AAP councilors had taken on the ruling BJP on the civic body’s alleged failure to prevent creek water from entering the city and flooding it during monsoon. During the commotion, one AAP councilor had taken out a banner with offensive slogans and showed the same to the mayor and commissioner. The marshall deployed there had snatched the banner from him.

Following this, chief security officer (retd) Major Jagrut Naik issued a showcause notice to Shailesh Parekh – who was in charge of security during the July 30 meeting – on August 1.

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On Thursday, Naik passed an order directing that Parekh’s salary for five days be deducted under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act.

Naik said, “In his reply, Shailesh Parekh confessed that he had found some printed material in the pocket of the AAP corporator (while he was arriving for the meeting) and tried to stop him. But the corporator insisted on taking the material inside and he was allowed. It was Parekh’s duty to inform senior officials about the corproator… we would have prevented such an incident.”

Sources said Parekh draws a monthly salary of Rs 65,000 from SMC. Despite repeated attempts, he could not be contacted for a comment.

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