‘Ram’ bricks used in drain construction, FIR lodged

Kanpur | Tuesday | 26th March, 2019

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Jhansi: Residents in Jhansi’s Tilaniya Bazar on Monday held a protest after finding that ‘Ram’ was inscribed on bricks being used for constructing a drain in the locality. The protest was joined by Hindu outfits, who even lodged an FIR against the contractor handling the work.Reports said that on Sunday night, a few people found that ‘Ram’ was inscribed on the bricks being used in constructing the drain. We took immediate corrective action and ordered removal of all such bricks from the drain.” He assured us that all such bricks will be removed and action will be taken against the contractor. The matter is being investigated,” SO Kotwali Sanjay Singh told TOI on Monday.Jhansi Nagar Nigan executive engineer B J Gupta said, “It is gross negligence on the part of contractor and junior engineer concerned, and both have been issued warning..