SaharanpurThe Directorate of Sports, Government of Uttar Pradesh has suspended Saharanpur Regional Sports Officer Animesh Saxena after a video of food being prepared for the girls participating in the state competition went viral on the internet.
Some videos of players collecting their food from a toilet surfaced on the Internet, showing players with plates and containers with rice inside a toilet, which could contain germs and unwanted substances to contaminate the food.
The suspension of Animesh has been announced in a letter issued by the Sports Directorate.
“Chief Secretary of Sports Department conveyed through a letter that pictures of food in a toilet for Kabaddi players participating in an event organized in Saharanpur have surfaced on social media, causing huge defamation against the department and the government. has been The incident seems to have happened due to faulty handling of the regional officers and stakeholders and the Chief Secretary directed strict action against the Regional Sports Officer, Saharanpur, Animesh Saxena,” the letter read.
The letter said that Animesh was asked for an explanation behind the incident, but he could not explain it. Therefore, he was suspended as per the Uttar Pradesh Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999.
After the incident, Additional District Magistrate Rajnish Kumar Mishra said, “I saw through social media that the players were served food in unhygienic conditions. In this case, the District Magistrate has asked to submit a report in three days. Whatever facts will come out in my report, I will hand them over to the DM.
District Magistrate Akhilesh Singh further said, “There was a state level tournament in Saharanpur, which received some negative reports. The incident report is being prepared. As it was a huge competition in which a lot of children participated and there have been reports of improper arrangement, the matter will be taken seriously and action will be taken against the erring officer within a week. (ANI)
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