govt official takes sick leave, goes on foreign trip, suspended
Mumbai, May 21 -- Maharashtra's fisheries department has suspended an official for allegedly using the excuse of a medical leave to go on a foreign trip at a time when government employees' leaves were cancelled earlier this month as hostilities ramped up between India and Pakistan.
PD Jagtap, an assistant commissioner in the fisheries department in Nashik, allegedly claimed to have felt dizzy due to low sugar levels and subsequently stated he had to visit a hospital. He submitted a half-day casual leave application at his office, citing ill health, officials said. Later, it was found that he had gone on a foreign trip for a few days, officials added....
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