Bagalkot DHO suspended days after daughter caught in government job-PG course scam
Gurudatt Hegde, Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare Department, issued the order based on a preliminary inquiry report submitted by zilla panchayat CEO Gajanan Bale
The government of Karnataka has suspended Rajkumar Yaragal, the District Health and Family Welfare Officer in Bagalkot, due to allegations of negligence and dereliction of duty. According to a preliminary inquiry report submitted by Gajanan Bale, CEO of the zilla panchayat, Yaragal was found absent from his office during working hours on several occasions.
He allegedly violated rules under the Karnataka civil services rules, displayed indifference towards the public's concerns, and failed to implement government projects and programs effectively. Furthermore, investigators claim that Yaragal permitted his daughter, Ankita Yaragal, to receive a government employee's salary while simultaneously enrolled as a full-time post-graduate student in a private medical college. Notably, Ankita is the niece of Congress MLA Umesh Meti.
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