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A disturbing incident has come to light from the Gajapati district, where a peon allegedly gave urine instead of water to an on-duty engineer. The matter is under investigation following a formal police complaint and escalating public outrage, sources said on Thursday.

According to official sources, in the bizarre and troubling case from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) office in R. Udayagiri locality of Gajapati district, a newly-posted junior engineer (JE) was allegedly given urine in place of drinking water by a peon. The incident occurred on the night of July 23.

Sachin Gouda, who had joined as an engineer in th...