3 power discom employees suspended in Raj

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Press Trust of India Jaisalmer
Last Updated : Jul 19 2016 | 1:57 PM IST
Three employees of Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitram Nigam limited including a junior engineer have been suspended on corruption charges here.
There were several complaints against the accused Junior Engineer Rajesh Kumar Meena, clerk Rajendra Singh Ratnu and meter reader Shivdan Singh, Superintendent Engineer Jaisalmer, Mangilal Chaudhary said.
Meena allegedly issued transformers, meters and other materials against rules to "influential" farmers while the meter reader registered less reading causing loss to the electricity distributing company (discom), Chaudhary said.
After verification of the complaints, all the three were yesterday suspended.
An FIR against the junior engineer would also be lodged today, he said.
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First Published: Jul 19 2016 | 1:57 PM IST

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